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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-13

ert e. Rogers of the English depart
nent.
He proceeded to make the speech
in which he advised all the young
engineers to be snobs and marry
daughters of the bosses.
Didn't Know
THE poor young man didn't know
l. the talk was loaded. He woke
to find himself famous. Even the
tabloids gave him space second only
to that which they had bestowed
upon Daddy Browning.
Interviewers besieged him. He got
an assistant to mark G minus on
the themes. There was talk Of a
lecture tour. People who had never
heard Bobby Rogers attacked him
with violence.
It was too much to expect that
after all this, Bobby could sink back
again into the obscurity Of the Eng
fish department of M. I. T. He had
subscribed to a clipping bureau. And
it was necessary for him to make
good.
Practically everybody likes pub
lefty, but a front page professor
will trample down torch murderers
and channel swimmers in the rush.
A professor at one of our big eastern
universities went so far as to ask
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-13
SAYS:

War Has Become q Matter
of Mechanics and Science,
With Personality Playing
Little Part.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-13
IT SEEMS TO ME By h BRouS

Gene Tunney to deliver lecture on
Shakespeare.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
Law and Custom


Laws are rules Of conduct, They existed before
the written word and before legislatures judges and
courts Tribes had laws in primitive times. When
they we're violated the offenders we're punished.
The source Of law is the custom of the people.
Certain things must not be done, for the common
good A citizen must respect certain rights of his
neghbor
No law ever has been enforceable which violated
the customs of the people. They must accept law
to obey it, If the people believe that law unjustly
infrnges on their freedom Of action, that it i'm
poses penalties for what in reality is not crime,
they win ignore it and resist it.
Since these things are we'll known it is probable
that Richard Washbun Child, acting president of the
National Crime Commission, need have no fear that
the Presidents Acknowledgement commission will fail
to distinguish between law on the books and social
will, as it is found in fact"
Child, in a letter to George M Wickersham, chair
man of the law enforcement commission says it
would be disastrous if the commission failed to up
hold this distinction
Respect for law. Child says is based social will
rather than engrossed words He says that if an
ardent dry sees burglar entering the home Of his
friend he will call the police If he sees bootlegger
entering this same home he may call the police in
this instance also But in such case he would be
considered a cad.
The tragedy OF the national infection of disre-
spect for law may be increased and not diminished
by insistence that all so-called laws stand upon
footing" Child writes
Wickersham himself as long ago as fifteen years,
had something to say this subject.
AS civilization progresses he said in public adj
dress "a necessity arises for rules to govern the
ton of the individuals in the community toward each
other, than to protect the group against the
aggressiOns of other groups; and communities be-
come more popuous and civilization more complex
rules of conduct needs be increasingly minute
and specific but the fundamental principle guiding
all successful civilization must be to preserve, in as
large measure as is consistent with the welfare of
the whole, freedom of action in the individual.
.. All law to be effective must be based on a
broad sense of right 1t is this fact which gives to
the customary or unwriten law greater Sanctty in
the minds Of the people than acts of the legislature.
1.-THE greatest safeguard of popular liberty lies in
the inherent respect for their law felt by self-gov-
erning people that respect can exist only when
the law is that which the people establish at theic
free will which is just to all classes, and which binds
the hearts and consences of men to respect even the
law they violate"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
Baby Criminals

Sometimes it is dificult to believe that the
world progresses and that education. comfort
and Christianity are changing man from
i,noIe brute 10 civilized being
wber how IF six wears is solemnlv tried
h,, d. i,,,.v IF GROWN men and sentenced to
fifteen years in prison, almost anything can
hsppen in this land, or in some part of it.
Tho bo, sat unoo the knee Of his father as
ls,.-,-o~s fo,obt and fought and Judge grave
+, rnled IN matters Of law.
IL smiled PC tbe twelve men listened to
=. - 50 o. o,,or,el ba+,rean two bovs al
.l-t.. IL ,.....1ta5 -, +b;. bo, grabbing
81. ,,-;+5i,, his reach and shooting his
-
49,, Inn;
AT inc lug -. ta4l,a. Ara
tator' he ndu ui.,'o'o'e,'5 ''-'' - 81
IN ,..,.,,e Vet the GREAT state Of
ue''i - '''V-' ''''''' o.;,n;,,oI and SON
hen'UcNS uranus nun a. ".:'..t:la
fences "''" ~ d f'-i''
Inc proceeding u mons
no other reason IL violates 'H' PROV '''i'
the Constitution that every acc09eo 2' -,
shall be tried by jury OIL ms pgeI'' , LIS
baby was IN grown "oii" 'Iie" ~ -
while ms peers were playing IN 'n9 9'I7e'9 80 u
Ia
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24

towers or anvils, generally having veil or screen
of brous texture fase cirrus) at the top and at its
base a cloud mass similar to ninbus.
From the base local showers OF rain or snow. &C
caSionally Of hail or soft hail usually fall.
Sometimes the upper margins have the compact
shape of cunulus form massive heaps, around
which floats delicate false cirrus
This last form is particularly common with spring
showers
The front of thunderstorm Of wide extent is
frequently in the form Of large low arch above a
region Of uniformly lighter sky
The eun1ulo- ninbus is the thckest Of all clouds,
ranging in depth from one to three miles as rule.
Occasionally, especially in tropical regions this type
Of cloud may have thickness Of eight or nine miles
1t is also the most turbuen: Of all clouds
Its times, places and modes Of occurrence are the
same as those Of the cumulus clouds.
The cumuus it will be remembered. are caused by
the ascension Of columns Of air These columns
are pushed up by surrounding cold air just warm
air is pushed up chimney
At some height, the warm air is cooled, the nlos-
ture in it condensing into the cloud
Cumulo- nimbus like cunlulus clouds, are most fire.
Quent over land afternoons and water
late at night.
In many ways the cumulo-nimbus is the most i'm
pressive of all Clouds It's great depth and turbulence
gives it qualities which other clouds do not have.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
IT SEEMS TO ME By n R3o5&%

A T the end of ten days Of ter
L y rife battling with the stock
market I am exactly $1,091.23 to the
bad (2:15 p. m. ticker prices)
But am I downhearted? Why, of
course, I am. There are no shrubs
upon which money grows in the
realm Of journalism.
However, although downhearted,
am less than desperate. A way
out is plainly visible I plan to
recoup my losses by writing a book to
be entitled How to Make Money in
Wall Street"
BY now I've had ample experience.
Looking back on it all the trick
would have been very simple. The
things I bought I should have sold
and vice versa.
without wishing to seem bitter, I
must say that I think it was shade
petty for the supreme court of the
United States to withhold its rail-
road decision until precisely thirty
eight minutes after I had sold my
twenty-five shares of st. Louis &
San Francisco.
I may sue somebody. Perhaps the
railroad. In the first place it came
as a great shock to me to learn that
the company to which I had in
trusted my funds doesn't go to San
Francisco at all, but winds up some
where in the middle Of Texas.
Is that fair? # a great railroad
can pull a hoax like that on ma
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
Great DiSS0nt0rS

IN fact history Of the aspirations
Il and Illustrations Of liberalism in
the United States might we'll be en-
titled, Holmes, Brandeis and stone
dissenting"
The most imaginative and in
spred conception of American law
would be included in a history Of
the great dissenters. BY a curious
paradox all human progress is a
compilation of may" savers.
And, Of course, if the will OF
Holmes. Brandeis, and Stone had
prevailed I would not have been in
the unpleasant position Of acting
as alumnus to stock which was on
the rise.
Fortunately, 7 still retain one ace
in the hole. I have a sure method
Of beating the stock market but I'm
not sure whether it is ethical. My
position as an occasional contribu-
tor to Vanity Fair gives me an adj
vantage which I should be slow to
press. Here is the scheme
At such times as send a piece 70
Vanity Fair which is accepted 1 go
out into the open market and get
long of Condo Mast. When they
turn down contribution I 60 short.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
ma o a n is d ale
ANNIVERSARY
E1 444z2E9 ~
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
A. "a

Way ~
EORTY-SIX years ago today
L Brooklyn bridge, the most re-
markable of the four magnificent
spans across the East river, and one
Of the worlds most famous bridges.
was opened to traffic.
Thirteen years of labor, much Of
it Of a pioneering kind, had gone
into its building. In addition sew
eraI years Of planning preceded ac-
tual work.
Brooklyn bridge was the dream or
the great engineer, John A. Roeb-
ling, who built the first suspension
bridge over Niagara river. He died
in the midst of the work, however.
and it was successfully completed by
his son. Roebling Sr. was the first
man to use wire cables instead Of
chains to suspend a bridge.
More than 5000 single strands Of
wire were laid side by side and
bound to form each of the four
great cables supporting the struc-
ture. Each wire was more than
two-thirds Of a mile long and the
completed cables we're capable Of
sustaining 1920 tons
AS stupendous Is the work OF
suspending these cables was, it was
only preliminary to the hanging Of
the roadway from them and the
building Of massive approaches on
either side
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
HEALTH SUPERSTITIONS-No. 10 :


In certain diseases unusual sub
stances are found in the saliva and
thus it may be used as a material
for aid in diagnosis.
Its chief value is obviously to keep
the mouth moist and help in the
digestion of starch.
When these simple facts are
known, it is unnecessary to imagine
any magical reasons for this simple
substance, Probably an important
factor in the belief that saliva had
special virtue is the fact that
animals lick or suck inflammations,
mosquito bites, wasp stings, and
similar injuries and that they seem
to be benefited by the process.
The benefit is, of course, due to
the fact that the bacteria are by
this means drawn out of the wound
and that the alkaline reaction Of the
saliva may have some effect in
elleviating, the irritation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
End of the Line
ny NOW I am even skeptlcal as

DY NOW I am even skepticaI as
~ to whether we go into st. Louis.
Not that this is much to recon-
mend railroad. 1t seemed to me
that I had figured out the whole
problem quite carefully.
said to myself that a passenger
who gets on a train expecting even
nc more than to wake up in San
Francisco is still going to be sore
when he is aroused in the middle
Of the night in Texas and told to
change cars. That's no way to build
up good will.
1t was news to me that the gov
eminent was trying to recapture
some Of our profits How was 1 to
know that there we're any profits
in this business Of shanghaing peo-
pie into Texas? But as soon as the
supreme court patted the road on
the back it Immediately went up Is
points and Is times Is is quite a
lot of money.
OF course, the record said,
Holmes, Brandeis and Stone dis
senting." Somebody should build
that into a poetic refrain Ike F. F.
AS Tinker to Evers to Chance"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24

In some parts of Great Britain
warts and ringworm are cured by
rubbing on saliva, and in Cornwall,
according to Mckenzie, the fore
finger of the right hand is wetted
with saliva, the front Of the left
shoe crossed with it three times and
the Lords prayer repeated back
ward to cure sciatica.
II would be possible to ind in
Vulnerable instances of a similar
character related to cures Of dis
eases by the salivary method.
The truth is, of course, that the
saliva consists merely of water,
sodium chloride, other salts and a
ferment that digests starch.
The saliva comes from a number
of glands which are known as the
saIivary glands, two of them in front
of the ear and two under each of the
jaw bones. It is in no way related
to disease.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
Purity Child of Effort

r IKE prosperity, purity has come
IL to be regarded as the child of
organized effort.
The thought that individuals can
be safeguarded III a moral as we'll
as a physical sense through the
simple method of mass action has
grown into an obsession.
We are pooling theories as we'll as
dollars, undertaking to make every
thing rich and righteous by the
same process.
Prohibition is not an isolated in
stance of the complex, though it
may represent it's extreme mani
festation.
On every hand, there is to be seen
the same disposition to improve hu-
man beings by cOmpulsion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
Force Used Now

ATO longer do we offer our chill
~ dren an opportunity to go to
school; we make them.
Whatever the majority decides as
good, we. cram down the individuals
throat. Half of us break some law
all the time, for the simple reason
that obedience to all the laws all the
time is humanity impossible.
This is not only proved by con-
tinuous growing disobedience, but by
the fact that those charged with the
administration of law do not seem
to know what it is. or whether it
has been broken until some one calls
it to their attention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
Who Killed Mrs. Bauer2

YOUNG HOFFMAN is acquitted
L after five years in Jail and four
trials for the murder of Mrs, Maude
Bauer.
The first trial resulted in a con-
viction for second-6egree murder.
Suppose the higher court had not
discovered a technically and Or
dered a new trial?
The second trial missed fire, when
his lawyer collapsed from heart
disease.
The third resulted in hung
jury.
Now, and after all this founder
ing, bungling and inconsistency the
law says he is innocent.
What the law does not say, what
it never has said. what it does not
seem to give a whoop about. is who
killed Mrs. Bauer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24

watch of any sort at all, and the
offer thrilled me, but Immediately
ethics entered in. Severely I re-
piled: L can not accept gratui-
ties"
However, I remembered that I had
upon several occasions accepted 100
cigarets from the Shuberts at
Christmas time.
I used to reason: IF I'm the
kind of dramatic critic who can be
bought for 100 Sweet Caporals, my
honor is too infienitesimal to men
ton" And so I smoked them.
1t seemed necessary under the
circumstances to make some expla-
nation to the publicity man OF the
watch company I tried to explain
that if had, Of my own free will.
thought up a humorous line about
his product, would have accepted
a timepiece without any particular
qualns Of conscience.
On the other hand, If the watch
came first my lips would have to
be sealed completely concerning its
J1tiIi+7, If o1.-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
Keeping Clean Record

n HAVE grave doubts whether the
Il daily exercise Of writing a
column would be sufficient motion
to inspirit even the most sensitive
set Of works.
And in order to be scrupulously
honest 7 sold my public utility stocks
at a loss rather than be tempted to
crusade against government owner
ship Of superpower. 1t wasn't
honestly alone. I thought that they
would go much lower.
Steel I still hold, but if the com
pany sends me ton Of rails to-
morrow and some assorted Orders
in payment for this mention I will
not receive them. A columnist. like
Caesars wife. never should fall for
brides which aren't essential
(Copyrigbt. 1929. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24

ITO get at the bottom Of it, would
senators have voted differently
on Mr.. Lenroot's nomination if they
had voted in public
If they would not, what was the
use of secrecy?
If they would, what is one to
think, except that the secrecy was
designed to cover up their reasons?
Meanwhile, the fight is not be-
tween the press and the senate, but
between the public's right to know
what is going on and system
which permits the transaction of
public business in the dark.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writers, and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
Common Sense SheIVed

CYSTEM. organization, dogma,
- rule. red tape, technlcality, and
ell the rest that goes to make up
the junk heap Of what we call our
system of justice whether ex-
pressed in law or moral codes, has
developed nothing so distinctly as
ritualism which eliminates the
element Of common sense and makes
it impossible to approach problems
in a common sense way.
We have a mechanism which
starts when you push certain
button and stops when you push
another. If the starting and stop
ping fail to produce results, we
take it as a matter Of fate. never
conceding that the mechanism may
be wrong.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
knowledge Is TardY

THERE have been regulations
4 against the importation Of OBJ
scene literature for many years, yet
it just has been discovered that Vol
taire's "Candide," published in 1853,
can not be admitted.
1t took the moral purveyors Of the
United States a long time to find out
what the law meant
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

a NCIENT man firmly was con-
"a WINGED that the saliva was a
magical fluid. His conviction was
based on the fact that he had not
the slightest conception Of the ORR
cir of the saliva, its chemical COM
position or its purpose.
Many of these ancient beliefs have
persisted to modern times, so that
the Senegalese witch doctors cure
neuralgia and headache by chant
ing certain formulas and expecto-
rating on the forehead of the per-
son concerned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24

The t h u n d e I
cloud or shower
cloud is No. 9 in
the official list OF
clouds OF the In
ternational Met
geological C ON :
lnittec.
Its to C h n j cal
name is cumulo-
nimbuS.
The official de-
scription is as fol-
lows THE thun-
der cloud; shower
cloud. G = c 8 t
masses of cloud
rising in the form
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
People Walled Off

CIVILIZATION seems to have
~ become a network Of barriers,
dominated by the idea that people
must be walled Off for their own
good
Maybe they must, but why go to
unnecessary extremes?
If a high discount rate will cure
speculation, does it follow that the
expulsion of clergymen who smoke
will cure unrighteousness?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
REASON
By Frederick Lands

| 4 y IL 4 ~ ~ h
BY Frederick Lands -
Indy Says His Wedding out
fit Cost ST, 200. Which Is Al
most Enough for q Peacock,
to Say Nothing of an Eagle.
TINE fact that Philadelphia has
L become national sensation
lust because she had enough power
to send Capone TO Jail is tragic con-
fession of the fact that above most
Of our courthouses the scales Of JUS
tice are held aloft by Egyptian
mummies
Vice-President Curtis was
Jockey as & boy, but from the way
he hammers his gayel one would
infer that he had been a black
smith
We think a lot more Of the former
kaiser's grandson since he likes his
work in that automobile factory and
We hope that wholesome associa-
ton with American worknen will in
time eradicate the blighting influ-
enCe Of his ancestry.
The report that this Clevelan&
fire was caused by lighted cigaret
probably is Just propaganda issued
by the cigar and candy people.
XXTE never saw Kentucky
w derby but we are consoled by
the thought that very few of those
100000 people at Louisville ever saw
a mule race at a county fair.
Hs
Irving Berlin and his wife have
gone to Europe for three months
and left their little girl behind with
a nurse.
How could they do it,
Il y
According to the Moscow Institute
Of Criminology, the Russians have a
million fist fights a year
Our prize fighters will marvel at
this, not that so many Russians
fight, but that so many of them
should so far forget themselves as
to fight for nothing.
q
We are not astonished at this
story from Halifax that a cat,
equipped with a rubber heart lived
for several hours, for all Of us know
people with marble hearts who have
been able to live for many years.
1t would appear that before a per-
son is permitted to take passage on
the Graf Zeppelin he must show
that he has arranged to syndicate
his story Of the trip.
r
TINE result of the publication Of
IL the story that Mrs Hoover
drove a car from Washington to
Richmond, Va. and return will be
that every automobile company in
the land will now send her a ma
chine.
r. n
Indy says that his wedding out
fit cost $1,000 which is almost
enough for a peacock, to say moth
ing of an eagle.
n
A British ship brought cargo OF
smallpox from India to Europe.
This is about the only way the Hin
dus can get even with John Bull.
r
When he heard that his son, Clyde
Van Dusen, had won the Kentucky
derby, we can imagine old Man O.
War, greatest thoroughbred this
country ever produced, lifting his
head and saying: Blood will tell"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24

terests Not every able reporter is honored by being
made martyr
So gentlemen, you must agree with US that your
rules committee has failed to injure the press that
on the contrary it unwtngly has enhanced the power
and prestige Of the pross-at the expense of the
senate
The rules committee has put the senate in an I'M
fair and foolish position before the public Isn't it
time The senate reasserted It's dignty-and its democ-
racy-by abolishing these so-ca1ed secret sessions?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
SAYS:

We Are Pooling Theories As
Well As Dollars, Trying to.
Make Everybody Rich and
Righteous By the Same
Method.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24

This is the last of a series of articles
on common health superstitions written
Service by Dr.. Morris Fishbein, noted
health authority.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
Dietz on Science -------
Majesty of Thunder
No. 1868

THERE are times when the sky forces even the
least observant individual to pay some attention
to it. They are the times when the angry sky lights
up with the flare of lightning and resounds to the
echOing roll of the thunder
Every realizes the majesty of nature when
thunderstorm takes possession Of the heavens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24

President Hoover had a black eye the other day,
but he explained it to everybodys satisfaction But
just think Of the stories you might have heard if
President Al Smith ever came down in the morning
with sinner!