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Score One for Public Opinion

Some Of the power interests are going to sell their
newspapers.
Not often does the country get such a clear-cut
demonstration Of the power of public opinion Usually
there is no such thing as public opinion in the sense
Of united pressure The public is apt to be indifferent
CT divided
So politicians or big business, or lobbyists OF the
blue nose variety, get away with lot which theo-
reticaIv should be prevented by enlightened public
opinion and usually is not.
But the electric power interests banked on pubic
indifference once too often.
When the international Paper and Power Com
nanv decided to buy into American newspapers in
big yav it doubtless assumed that the public never
would know anything about the deals. Indeed, IN
the case of most Of the thirteen daies in which the
international acquired financial interest there we're
deliberate arrangements through dummy stockholders
and holding companies TO disguise the deals from the
public.
ONLY the initiative OF Senator Norris and the teder-
Al trade commission supported by most Of the press
If the country revealed the extent of the Information
ais Dlan for secret financial connection with net
work Of newspapers having large public influence.
Public reaction to these revelations was quick and
definite There was virtually unanimous opinion that
any such hook-up between partisan power interests
and supposedly nonpartsan newspapers representing
4 AAOCN'Ci44 ~ van
upon which democratic government depends.
Without questioning the motives or the legal right
Of the international tins newspaper condemned that
conpany's financial relationship with the thirteen
papers.
We expressed the belief and hope. however that
publicity would correct the evil Newspaper graveyardS
are filed with the corpses of special interest organs
A newspaper which is not read and trusted by the
pubIc ceases to be of financial or propaganda value
to the special interest which acquires it And the
public simply Will not trust paper known to be con-
nected with power interests In the long run, it is
question Of the power company getting rid of the paper
OF watching 1t die.
And there is more to it than that, because the
rower company not only fails in its newspaper project
but in addition earns the general dstrust of the pub
lie in matters OF legislation and other political rela-
lions.
So the Internatonals decision to dispose of all its
newspaper investments is not surprising. The only
surprising thing is that the company ever should
have sought such newspaper control in the first place
Anyway. score one for public opinion.
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THOREAU'S BIRTHDAY
July IL

TTENRY D A V D THORBAU,
L Il noted American naturalist and
writer, was born on July Il, 1877,
at Concord, Mass, the son Of
Scottish parents, neither wealthy
nor influential.
AS a boy, Thoreau became in~
terested in certain aspects of nature
and spent most of his free moments
wandering alone in the woods.
He attended Harvard University,
but in no way distinguished himself.
After graduation, he taught school,
But the study Of nature in prefer
ence to man appealed more to him
and he soon deserted schoolmaster-
ing as a profession and became a
lecturer and author.
Thoreau, in 1345, made the now
famous experiment of Walden He
retired to a homemade ; 1t and for
two years lived the life of a recluse.
He read considerably, wrote
abundantly, and came to know the
birds and fishes and beasts with an
almost intimate knowledge.
And from his experiences came
Walden" book upon which his
fame rests.
Thoreau died at the age of As,
in May, 1852 He holds unique
place in that he was naturalist de-
void of the pedantry Of science.
He was a keen observer, but no
retailer of disjointed facts and his
writings have all variable charm
of Nature herself
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HEALTH IN HOT WEATHER.
IN HOT WEATHER.
IT B. Isn't Under Control Yet

the disease to other people with
whom they came in contact.
DR.. E. B. Vedder is inclined to
consider more important in produce
ing this result than the organized
campaign, the general prosperity
which gradually has been develop
ing in the United States. Tubercu-
losis is primarily disease of bad
nutrition, bad housing, oyerwork
and lack of outdoor life.
The people of the United States,
during the past thirty years, have
come to realize more and more by
the campaign of education of the
public in health that outdoor life
with plenty of sunlight and fresh
air, that good living conditions and
eating of proper food in consider
able quantities, is the best possible
insurance against many forms of
disease.
Whether the United States, has
reached the optimum in this regard
is a question that can not be set
tied by haphazard guesses. Should
the rates for the disease continue
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to decline during the next twenty
five years, as they have in the last
twenty-five years, it is possible that
tuberculosis may be brought COM
pletely under control, with a death
rate similar to that of some Of the
acute infectious diseases, such as
scarlet fever and measles.
One of the lowest death rates for
this disease ever achieved in the
United States was reached in an ex-
pertinent in a city in Massachusetts,
in which a considerable sum OF
money was spent with direct en-
phasis on the control of tuberculosis.
AS a result the rate was brought
from 121 per 100000 in 1917 to 38
per 100000 in 1923.
1t has been said again and again
that public health is purchasable
commodity. The evidence that has
been cited would seem to indicate
the necessity for wider and wider
application of the knowledge that
we now possess for the control Of
disease,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-12
Wilson Has Spoken

CPEAKING of infallibility, I am
~ reminded of DR.. Clarence True
Wilson'S article in Golfers about
prohibition. AS far as the discus
sion of Volsteadism goes, there is
nothing particularly startling in the
piece.
There is no news in the fact that
Dr. Wilson would go even to the
length of a bloody war to promote
prohibition and we all know that
his remedy against a protesting mi
nority would be to put the whole
lot of them in Jail But in one other
respect DR.. Wilson was less mod
crate.
During the late campaign it was
charged that the more political OF
the ProtestantS actually we're seek
ing to establish a state religion
(This was Indignantly denied by the
prohibition ninisters.)
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Women and RELIGION
TINE death of Katherine Tingle

TINE death of Katherine Tingley
l. brings to mind the important
part women have played in the de-
velopment Of religious beliefs, espe-
cially during recent years.
Not that women failed to play an
important part in the past, but that
formerly they we're compelled to
play it as subordinates of men.
Religion, based as it is on ideal
ism. is woman's natural sphere.
Though denied the honor of lead
ership, women have borne the bur-
den of all established faiths.
Christianity itself rests largely on
the work and sacrifice of women.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-12
Their Own Cod

DY Cod the reformer undoubt-
ID edly means the God of the
Methodist Committee of Temper
ance and Public Morals. The reve-
lations of this deity generally are
made to DR.. Wilson directly.
Men of divergent faiths may pro-
test that the Creator pictured by
DR.. Wilson is not the true God, but
a tribal deity, a jitney Jehovah.
Their protests will avail them moth
ing, for DR.. Wilson already pos
sesses temporal as we'll spiritual
power
After the revelation from his own
particular God, DR.. Wilson issues
his orders to congress. He tells the
assembled representatives that a
new sin just has been set up and
that he wants law passed about
it.
And after the law has been passed
he will add @ request for marines
to enforce it at the bayonet point
If this isn't state religion, pray
tell me just what is or ever has been
Copyright 1929, for The Tines
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inevitable DR.. Newman writes
This is very technical way Of saying that if you
absorb calories in food than you burn up in
tivity you will get fat.
Growth may be considered, therefore an increase
in mass. There are distinct limitations to growth,
however. Not only do organisms stay within certain
very definite limits, but parts of organisms do
we'll.
When part OF an organism exceeds its limits, the
result is usually disaster for the whole organism.
Cancer is just such disaster
In cancer, for some reason as yet unknown. group
of cells begins to grow wild, exceeding the limits which
they ought to stay within The wild cells grow at the
expense of the surrounding normal ones, upsetng the
balance Of the organism.
The range of growth in both the plant and animal
world is exceedingly great At end of the scale
the microscopic bacteria and various microscopic
plants and animals such the algae, the amebaS
and 50
At the other end of the scale gigantic trees and
huge whales some Of them larger than freight cars.
Many organisms exhibit specific changes during the
process OF growth This is usually called development.
Thus for example frog starts life as an egg. The
egg develops into a tadpole
The tadpole not only grows in size but undergoes
development or change, turning into a frog.
The factors which control these developmental
changes are we'll understood yet and much work
remains to be done in this field OF biology
An interesting fact is that development can be
fastened retarded. or IN some cases shunted into
new direction. by changes in the environment.
Biologists have only discovered within recentyeara
how enormous the changes in development are which
car be brought atcut by changes in environment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-12
PREACHING in the pulpit of hi

PREACHING in the pulpit OF his
L father, the Rev. Hillyer Haw-
thorne Straton advised the mem
bers of his congregation to Make a
Chum of God"
ut is not possible for most of
u.s." he said, ito sit down and talk
with the President the latest win
ner of the Nobel prize, great authors
or industrial giants.
However, each one of us is given
the opportunity to talk with the
Maker of the universe, to speak
with the creator of all wisdom, to
have a fellowship with God Himself
to make a chum Of Cod
To me the young preacher struck
an appealing note with these words,
but if his theology is in any meas
ure like that of his father, no
Straton follower possibly can be-
gin to accept the advice.
1t is not unreasonable to assume
that Hillyer accepts the creed of
John. Roach Straton, since at the
moment he is serving as assistant
in Calvary Baptist church.
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CENATOR sMOoT says that in
~ stead of thirty eight only
twenty-five governments have pro-
tested against the new tariff bill.
That looks like a distinction with
out a difference.
To the ordinary man twenty-five
governments would appear quite
enough.
Neither would the ordinary man
be impressed by the fact that they
protested with regard to particular
articles or commodities, which
Senator Smoot seems to think quite
significant.
Certainly, no government would
undertake to challenge such a COM
plicated measure as the Hawley bill
in toto.
In the first place. no government
would be interested in all the Sched-
ules. In the second, no government
would expect consideration. without
being specific.
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Quotations of NOtabLes

r OYD GEORGE can never hope
IL to succeed where Joe Beckett
and Jack Dempsey failed. They
never come back.-RamSay Mac
Donald.
The Christian faith is more potent
than ever in the lives of the nations
OF the world. We are seeing an at
tempt under democracy to bring
peace to the world. I think it will
Succeed.-Lloyd George.
We must not admit any foreigners
who come to violate American law.
Upon conviction we must send them
back to their own lands.-Dr. Clar-
ence True Wilson. (Collier's0
Pay no heed to social position A
Bible and a bathtub can insure this
anywhere in the United States-The
Rev. DR.. S. Parkes Cadman.
He would be bold man or fool
NA4O WOO4O AldGd4 u SOCSo AC5 oA0 AAA5
the future Of any art or science
General Hafbord.
=
We are the most resourceful peo-
pie in the world in the matter Of
making money and among the most
ignorant in the matter Of spending
it.-Willian1 Mather, president La
fayette college.
Citizens are not made for laws.
Laws are made for citizens. The
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a personal friendship with the Gre
ator Many of the characters in the
novels Of H. G. Wells have not only
talked with God, but even argued
with Him.
And it seems to me impossible to
be chummy with any one in this
life or the world to come without
the possibility Of certain give and
take. Surely we do not pick our
friends from among the ranks of
those who never for moment ad-
nit the possibility of being wrong.
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trouble with these new rum laws is
that in order to accomplish an end
which seems to have merit they
made crimes of actions which to a
large proportion of the people of the
country we're not Crimes.-EdWard
S. Martin. (Harper's Magaz1ne)
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Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

dedltn magazine
IN 1880 tuberculosis was response
Il bic for 326 deaths for every 100,-
900 people in the United States. The
rate gradually has fallen until 1927,
when the death rate was 81 deaths
for every 100000 people in the
United States.
In 1917 the rate for heart disease
passed the rate for tuberculosis. BY
1924, the rates for heart disease,
pneumonia, brain hemorrhage and
cancer passed the rate for tubercu-
losis. This does not mean, however,
that the disease has been in any
sense of the word brought under
complete control.
The improvement in the rate is
no doubt to be accredited to the
advance in our knowledge, but par-
ticularly to the removal from gen.
eral circulation, through residence
in sanatoriumS of tremendous num-
bers of people who formerly spread
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1T SEEMS TO ME By H BRoUT

But now DR.. Clarence True Will
son practically admits his desire for
such a mighty upheaval in Ameri-
can traditions.
1.-The putting of the fear of God
in the minds of those who fear
neither God nor man is one Of the
chief functions of good govern
ment," writes DR.. Wilson.
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The Race Is Doomed

DUT what is the use of getting
ID excited over airplanes, religion,
or even the tariff if the human race
is to be exterminated by the tsetse
fly, which is the prediction of DR..
Roderic H. Rae, director of visual
education in the indianapolis pub
lie schools.
THE African tsetse fly, which pro-
duces sleeping sickness" says DR.,
Rae, threatens mankind with de-
VISITATION. We know of no cure for
it's sting, which brings sleeping sick
ness from which victims do not
recover"
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lSnS absorb food
md convert it into
energy.
1t will be re-
menbered t h a t
building up of the
organism through
the absorption of
food materials is
known as anabol-
ism, W h il e the
utilization Of ma
terials to produce
energy is c a | | e d
katabolism.
When anabol-
ism exceeds kata-
bolism. growth is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-12
Don't Be DISCOURAGED

THERE are people who see more
L danger in the auto than the
tSetse fly.
Also, there are people who would
refuse to be discouraged, by the fact
that no cure has been discovered for
the sting of the tSetse fly.
Time was when no cure had been
discovered for tuberculosis. lock- jaw,
leprosy and many other dread dis
eases.
Even if a cure can not be dis
covered, a way may be found to eX-
terminate the tsetse, just as a way
was found to exterminate the deadly
MOSQUITO of Panama.
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Daily Thought

But when the sun was up, it
was scorched; and because it had
no root it withered away.-St.
Mark 4:6.
THE most brilliant qualities be-
= come useless when they are not
sustained by force of character
Segur.
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Liberty to Think.

TINE same revolution which gave
Il men liberty to think in terms
Of science gave women liberty to
imagine in terms of religion.
Though curious, perhaps, it is not
illogical to find a Morse matched
by Madame Blavatsky, a Bell by
a Mary Baker Eddy, an Edison
by a katherine Tingley
In fundamentals, at least, the two
sexes. are playing their original
roles.
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David Dietz on Science -
Galleries and G1~OzOth
No. AO6

CROWTH is number four in the eight character
NJ istics of living organisms listed by Prof H H.
Newman of the University of Chicago.
First the list the chemical composition of
protoplasm the chemical substance out of which the
cells of all living organisms composed. Second,
came the physical properties of protopasm. Third
metabolism, the process by which living organ
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of our business what kind Of government it wants
has. The Russians are people So are We 1t is silly
for us to say won't speak pass by until they
govern themselves as think they ought to be gov
erned.
Let Hoover end the silly game we have been playing
and recognize facts.
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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 paper.-The Editor.
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REASON
y 4 OuOI TON '""lNI1
Rich Man Crashes IN Plane;
Had 1t Been Any Lac But
That of CRAFTY, He Could
Hare Had It Suspended.
> BY Frederick lands

HARDINGE lost his breach Of
L Il promise suit to the broken
hearted lady from Oklahoma, but
his attorney has not surrendered.
No, stree! He declares that he has
just commenced to fight
Nothing can SurpaSs the soldierly
qualities of the lawyer who has a
millionaire for client.
The drowning OF this Indiana
athlete who was seized by cramps
and went down and never came up
dl5pOSes once more Of the ancient
fiction that one can not drown with
out going down and coming up
three times
Mrs. Oldfeld, member Of congress
from Arkansas. thinks men can run
the government at WASHINGTON bet
ter than women.
Undoubtedly they can do it bet
ter than the women who are Sc
lected solely because they are the
widows of congressman. but there
are lots of women in the country
/ Who could give the gentlemen a
run for their money.
SO far as the house Of represents
ativeS at Washington Is concerned,
most Of the gentlemen in it are ut
terly helpless, the business being
done by three or four members.
1t would be impossible to subdue
similar number Of women
IT'S rather shoddy for the former
4 chancellor Of the eXchequer,
Winston Churchill. to arrange for a
! speaking tour in the United States
/ Just to steal the thunder of Mac
/ Donald, newly elected premier. who
had announced an American tour.
But we fail to see where either Of
them will cut any ice, unless they
charge at the gate.
The Rev. John Thompson of the
! First Methodist church of Chicago
hits the nail on the head when he
declares that Bishop Cannon of Vir-
GINA has brought disgrace upon the
church by his bucket shop specula-
tons and should get out cr be kicked
out
Rich man crashes in an auplane
down east.
Had it been any law but the law
of gravity, he could have arranged
to have it suspended
The KurdS of Turkey divorce their
wives by simply saying three times,
Il divorce you
In this country the parties have
to be in the newspapers three weeks.
MOVING the business of prohibit
1V1 ton enforcement from the
treasury department to the depart
ment of justice would make little
difference in results, but it would
make a world of difference if Presi-
dent Hoover would can the army Of
political grafters, now getting rich
out of it, and appoint men of char
acter in their places
General Pershing would have
made a great ambassador to France.
but Senator Edge of New Jersey,
who has about as much popular APP
peal as a peck of carrots, is to get
the honor
Dawes in London and Pershing
in Paris could have taken care Of
the entire European front.
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Difficult

NTOW the God of Stratons fire.
~ quently has been pictured by
them as a creator not only willing,
but even eager to cast men, women
and children into hell of ever
lasting fire, DR.. Straton has been
at some pains to explain that in
speaking of fire" he meant a literal
place of birthstone torment.
And the offenses punishable by
eternal damnation have seemed at
times a little trivial. Seemingly one
of the mortal sins consists of speak
ing disrespectfully of John Roach
Straton.
At any rate I myself recently was
consigned to the pit along with Don
Marquis and Sinclair Lewis by the
good clergyman. Condemnation
came after a sort of court martial
in which not one of us was per-
mitted to testify in his own de-
Tense.
Undoubtedly the three of us cast
into darkness by the kindly doctor
have various blemishes upon our
consciences, but our only common
failing is a dislike for John Roach
Straton.
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Safety Record Urged

d 'AAJAND NoAl NC 1AO QuoAIC 4 WILL
Il the idea of establishing rec
ords.
Whether competition is the life
of trade, it is the life of achieve
ment.
In spite of the loss of life,
the trans oceanic flights have done
a great deal to stimulate interest
in aviation, while the endurance
tests recently made have done more
to create confidence.
What we need most, however, is
records of safety in the field of
regular, continuous service.
Here's a Distance Mark
TN 1890, H. S. Chapman of Kato-
L nah, N. Y, began to commute
between that town and New York
City.
He has made the trip every bust
ness day during the last thirty
nine years, travelling an average of
ninety-two miles each day, or to-
tai of more than 100000 miles.
He has been late on an average
OF twice each year, absent once and
has missed the $40 train only twice.
When the airplane makes it pos
sible to even approximate such a
record, the public will be ready to
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Ignores Advice

a CCORDINGLY, it is not pos
N sible for me to heed the advice
of Young Hillyer. Indeed, if close
communion with God may be at
tanned only by reverencing the
Stratons, I prefer to follow the
counsel of Professor Rogers and be-
come a snob.
Nor does it seem to me that 1t
should be advisable for any one to
make a chum of God if the Creator
truly we're the irritable and vengetul
deity worshiped in Calvary Baptist
church.
These Baptist evangelists would
have US believe that practically all
the pleasures known on earth are
ofenses in the eyes Of their maker
Of the universe.
But the Rev. Hillyer Hawthorne
straton is not the only one TO urge
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NJ. E. Tracy
SAYS

As Long As Airplanes Can
Light and Get q Ne10 Sup
ply Of Fuel and Oil IN Fiji
teen Minutes, Who Is Going
to Bother About Refueling
in the Air?