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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27
Now the Test

This city win put into operation the city
manager form OF government for which its
citizens voted two years ago.
Tho supreme court has decided that the
law under which it was adopted violates no
provision Of the constitution. 1t was absurd,
of course. 70 believe that the rights Of any citi-
zen could be ieopardized By putting in gov
eminent which had the approval Of so great
majority Of the people Only the whispers Of
tho machine politicians that the high court
could be controlled by them suggested doubt.
In principle, there can never be doubt as to
the right Of the people to rule thmesves in
their own way.
With the legal fogs dispelled by this deci-
zion, the people arc about to meet the real test.
The forces of greed crime protection,
privilege and graft as co-ordiuated in the po-
iitical machine will now try to capture tie
new government, Just as they learned to cap
ture or steal the federal form Of government.
They had become expert at that. They tri-
fmphed through fears and indfferences and
passions and hates.
The same old machine and the same old
forces of corruption will not relinquish hope
of controlling the new government.
1t remains to be seen whether the good in
tentioned, no longer divided by party labels
and partisan prejudices, show the wisdom
snd good Judgment necessary to unite on men
whose character and purposes are above re-
proach.
The machine will urge many to enter the
race. Many candidates may appear They will
be understandable and above reproach. Many
will have wide circles of friendships.
The real purpose viii be to divide the be-
Tevers and friends of the city manager plan sc
that the machine con concentrate on its hench-
men The one chance for the machine to control
is a division of its foes.
Every man approached and urged to enter
his name as candidate should test the source
Of ifs inspirations He should ask himself
whether the public needs demands his services
or whether he is being used by the bosses to di-
vide the army Of men and women who sincerely
hone for a better day in government.
The test will come in keeping the forces oil
dcccncy and honest intact. The whole crusade
NAV be lost through the good intentioned.
Let it be hoped that it will be possible for
the people to unite and keep united. Let it be
hoped that vanity and fattery will not induce
good fine men to become the unwilling tools Of
Cofinsm.
The zero hour Of the long campaign is at
hand. The enemies OF good government are IN
battle array. Their lines always hold.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27

A FEW weeks ago I read "The
IN Sex Side of Life by Mrs. Mary
Ware bennett. 1t seemed to me a
competent and calm statement of
fact. 1 wish it had been possible for
me to have read some such
pamphlet twenty-five years ago.
AS matters stand. Mrs. bennett is
liable to a sentence of five years in
prison, q fine Of $4,000 or both. l
wonder why?
It would be interesting to have a
case history of every juror who
brought in the verdict of guilty"
1t might also be exciting to explore
the mind Of the Judge who would
not permit the testimony that the
booklet had been used for years by
the Y. M. G. A. and other organiza-
tons
Nor would he allow doctors to tell
the twelve good men and true that
the book served a useful purpose in
giving necessary information to
young people This may be good
law. but it isn't good sense.
And though Americans on many
recent occasions have been called
upon to bow down before the law
and worship it. l still believe rea-
sonableness should outweigh silly
statute.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27
Quotations of NotabJeS

TgNHF acting Of today is not only
i equal but decidedly superior
to that Of the so-called old school. "
Dc Wolf Hopper
Bread lines reaching the length
of Manhattan island would be seen
within q year If one-tenth Of the
aliens now clamoring for admission
to the United States were allowed
TO enter. Senator David A. Reed,
Pennsylvania.
Z
4 speak from experience when
7 say that legislation framed in a
temperature of 90 degrees is not
apt to be good legislation -Nicho-
las Longworth. Speaker Of the house
OF representatives
There is not law on the statute
books Of any state, or upon the
statute books of the nation which
was not placed there BY the duly
elected representatives Of the pe0-
ME. james W. Good. secretary Of
var.
THE people of this country are
annually robbed Of Hundreds OF
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27
Pass the Norris Amendment

About seventv-odd members of the United States
house and ten or twelve senators who already had
been defeated by their constituents in November and
retired to private life sat and voted through the short
session of congress ended last March 4.
Some Of them voted and acted as good citizens
ought, and retired to private life gracefully But
others we're open candidates for federal Jobs and
acted as such. Some Of these former congressman
remain in Washington looking for jobs.
Just prior to last March 4, when congress had to
adjourn, that body got into the usual last-minute
short-sesson snarl with busters and threats of fill
busters developing on every hand. Much valuable
legislation including reapportionment the census bill,
and the national origins immigration repeal was lost
in the rush Now congress must do work It's
predecessor should have done.
This condition Of chaos is known nowhere else in
the world 1t viii recur every two years as Senator
Norris of Nebraska sardonically has reminded the
senate and viii get worse as the country grows and
the business of congress grows with it,
Yet the remedy always has been at hand 1t is
popular. -Four times has the senate passed the Nor
ris constitutional amendment almost UNANIMOUSLY.
Three times the house leaders with the aid of lamt
ducks refused to let come to vote and last ses
sion they defeated it by a small ma iority.
The intent of the Norris amendment is leudable.
and its provisions have always been clear.
It provides for new congress and a new President
10 take Office early in January.
1t removes the absurd time limit now enforced
upon the second session of congress, by which it has
to rush through years legislative business for
nation Of 100000 people in three months In so
dong if would end the 1libuster
1t provides that no congressman who has been de-
feaed and has ceased to represent the wish of his
people shall continue to vote the passage of laws
Lastly It clears up antiquities of the constitution
regarding the succession to the presidency. which
sooner or later may involve us in trouble.
Ii is as important piece Of work as any congress
could do It's passage at the special session is to
be desired.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27

millions Of dollars By false and mis-
leading advertisements appearing lu
magazines and newsps pers. w. f
Humphrey federal trade commits
sioner.
IT
ANY farm bill which fails 10
carry some feature to make the
tariff effective must prove disap-
pointing to the farmer ''-Repre-
sentative Nelson, Missouri.
n
THE most noteworthy thing that
has happened in the import trade
Of the United States is the growth
Of our foreign purchases OF those
commodities which are especially
characteristic Of high standard Of
living and an elaborate industrial
system. Robert P. Lamont, secre-
tary Of commerce.
The authors of the federal re-
serve law expressly prescribe the
board from entering the so-cslled
speculative field by denial Of credit
facilities of the reserve system to
investors in securities - Represent
alive Black, New York.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27
Gentlemen of Jury

DUT to get back to the twelve
ID good men and true, It was In
teresting to find that the public
prosecutor insisted upon a jury COM
posed Of individuals who never had
read the works Of H. l.. MeDCken.
I am willing to admit that one
may be a good and useful citizen
without having read Mencken, but
an even more interesting question
might have been asked of the
gentlemen who convicted Mrs. Den
nett. Have you ever read any
thing?" would have been cutie
pertinent query.
There out to be some organiza-
ton which checks up on the minds
Of jurors. A public spirited citizen
could do a good service for the COM
munity by inviting the twelve to
attend a picnic and break the news
to them about the birds and flowers
Quite evidently these mature men
Of Brooklyn arc afraid of sex. At
least. they we're afraid TO hear it
talked Of openly Several jurors
bFshed and we're uneasy when
anatomical names we're used In the
testimony.
I wonder if these same men who
supported the prosecutors cUnten-
ton that simple sex education is
plain smut have never listened
with amusement to any dirty story.
The verdict seems so incompre-
hensible by any rule Of reason that
it is not fantastic to assume that It
was rendered under some sort Of
terror
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27

IN my youth these brochures and
Il advertisements were much more
common than they are today. RepU-
table newspapers no longer accept
them. but the grave warnings OF tho
charlatans still appear in some pub
LEGATIONS.
These publications 90 freely
through The mails If only the quacks
arc careful enough to employ dis
Greet innuendo and not plain terms
The medical theories which they
voice are not true. They are merely
traps to flfghten the young and
bring them to some patent medicine
or greedy practitioner,
But doesn't It seem to you rather
shameful no. let's say damnably
shameful that the government Of
the United States should say in
effect, you may send carefully
camoufaged lies through the mails
but if YOU tell the truth in plain
and simple terms the penalty is FIVE
years in jail and $4,000 fine"
(Copvrisht. 1929. for The Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27
1T SEEMS TO ME By H Bro1H

able that each one of them went
through some period of terrific
mental anguish about sex at some
time in his life.
1t is also likely that the fears
which assailed them were based
upon an entire misconception of
actually. Out of hundreds Of talks
with friends I have yet to find a
person who did not suffer horribly
in default of some necessary and
simple piece Of information.
Most Of these confessions which
we snapped back and forth were in
a semi humorous vein.
But none of us laughed at the
time the terror gripped us. In fact,
l often wonder why theater-goers
and the readers Of novels so blandly
accept the prevailing picture OF
Is as q time Of carefree ire
sponsibility. Anybody who ever has
been Is knows better.
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boy. a brief piece in the encyclo-
pedia, is the alma mater of us all
1t is q poor university, but our own.
And maybe the twelve good men
and true convicted Mary Ware Den
nett because Of college spirit.
There is some feeling upon the
part of parents that what they en-
dured should be duplicated by the
next generation. If it was good
enough for us. why shouldn't it be
good enough for them?
I can't subscribe to this form Of
loyalty. I didn't even think it was
good enough for me.
The government of the United
States occupies a curious position
in this whole business. One Of the
courses in the curriculum OF find
out-for- yourself university is a
study Of the litcrat ure put ont by
advertising Quack doctors It is
practically a required course.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27
Dallas New Mayor

JUST to show that neither New
y burvport nor New England have
n mortgage on democracy. and that
"Bossy' ellis is not the only leader
who can rise from among the plain
PEOPLE when g crisis inlpendS. Dali
las has elected J. Waddv Tate as
its chief executive.
Though his honor. Mr.. Tate. may
not prove as picturesque a source
of news as his honor. Mr.. ellis.
the fact remains that he began his
political career two years ago by
dressing up in overalls equipping
himself with fishing pole. selling
hot dogs and requesting the bust
ness element of the community to
support him.
While the business element did
not respond to the first appeal. it
did to the second. showing that pa
tience and perseverance are still
effective.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27
World Court DELAY

President Hoover has decided not to present the
Root compromise plan for American adherence to the
world court 70 the senate at this special session. &C
cordng to apparently reliable reports This decision.
ii it has been made, is a wise one
The reason given for this delay is that the Root
formula though worked out jointly with the unofficial
committee of experts at and accepted by them
has not been acted upon by the foreign governments
Since the foreign court members refused to accept
IRE fifth senate reservation It Is fitting that the COM
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27

Editor Journal ef the American Medical
Association and Of Eveeis, the
Health Magazine.
MO doubt the first vegetarian5
/ developed from animal wor-
ship. 1t is said that the Jewish
orthodox group Go not eat pork be
cause of an original worship of the
pCrcine species which merged gradu-
ally into a sanitary law.
The Hindu has an especial rever-
ence for the COW Americans sell
dom eat horse meat knowingly.
whereas many foreign peoples con-
sumo it regularly. Some Philippine
tribes delight in The flesh Of puppy
dogs and it has been asserted that
cat may be sold for rabbit.
In the superstitions regarding the
eating Of meat there is a strange
conqlomeration Of religious belief.
pseudo science. emotion, and ig-
norance.
About 1892. as is pointed out by
DR.. Logan Clendening in a special
consideration Of the subject in The
American Mercury" Dr.. Alexander
Haig announced the doctrine that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27
tBoSsy' ellis

I'D OSSY" GILLIS. the much pub
ID Hshed mayor Of Newburyport,
has not made the front page for sew
eral weeks.
The reason, we are informed, Is
that he has become tame, polite
and astute."
Taking his own words for it, Bossy
has learned that, don't pay to be
sassy with your public
Of more significance, perhaps,
Bossy finished his first year with
a surplus Of $4,000 In the municipal
treasury. though he was obliged 10
spend two months of it in jail,
He says that he will make better
showing next year even If he finds it
necessary to boost the valuation Of
property owned by his opponents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27

FITS pie with DR.. O'Shea. but it's
Il pork with the bandit king of
Afghanistan. who says that the re-
bellious spirit Of his country is
rooted in the ham and bacon which
some of its prominent citizens ate
while soiourning in France. and who
has put a price on their heads in
order to exterminate it.
The most interesting. If not the
most wonderful thing in life is the
simple solution which ignorance
finds for complicated problems.
Restlcssness and discomfort hold
no mystery for this water carrier
who made himself master of a ma
ton through building up a gang Of
thugs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27
Inferior University

Y ASSUME, then, that the twelve
Il good men and true each had his
individual time of stress and worry
rising from sheer unadulteratcd
ignorance. And I suppose they all
Numbered out after a fashion. 1t
isn't a very good system Of educa-
ton. Most of us are not graduated
"cum lauda.'
Still, this mill of gutter conf
dences. the light word Of some older
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27
LeYiathanIs Beef

TIME Leviathan may have crossed
4 the ocean wet but she came
into port dry, as the fifty customs
men who searched her discovered
to their great disappointment.
There was a surplus of 112 bottles,
it seems. when she hit the twelve
mile limit, but they we're jettisoned
out OF prudence. if not patriotism.
incidentally, while there was an
over supply of hard liquor the beer
gave out.
Let those who have the courage
write their own moral
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27
From Childhood

THIS theory fits in we'll with
l. condition which obviously pre-
walls in Brooklyn and other COM
munities When anybody says he is
shocked he really means that he
is afraid" Sex is subject sur
rounded by all sorts Of terrors chief
ly carried over from our childhood.
wish somebody had a chance to
talk intimately and of the record
with those jurors. If they are Ike
the average run of men. it is prob
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27

AA'~
BY the t ern
relative humidity,
the n1eteorologist
means the amount
of moisture then
in the air COM
D re d to t n c
maximum amount
W hic h the air
could hold at the
t c m p era t u r 2
W bic h the air
then has.
A relative hui
nudity of so per
cent means that
the air contains
only so per cent
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27
Advance of Time

ID ICHARD WAGNER'S widow
IN who lies dying at Bayreuth,
Germany. was once 30. but how
long ago that must seem to her
now.
She had just left Won Bulow to
elope with Wagner, whom she mar
ried few years later.
Life was all ahead Of her at that
time. Now it is all behind.
No one could gaze at her shrunken
figure and visualize her Vigor OF
mind and body in those days.
One Of the hardest things to rea-
lie, especially for young people, is
the relentless advance Of time and
the changes it brings about.
Who can think Of Columbus.
Washington or Franklin as little
boys?
Who can walk among the little
boys of today and pick out the great
men some Of them are bound to
become?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27

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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Times Readers
Voice Vices

The name and address Of ths. author
must ACCOMPANY every ConlElouJloll w
tiers not exceeding 200 words will receive
preference.
Editor Tnmes-If party govern
ment is to continue i'm this city,
some start must be made for the
good Of both parties,
Does the Republican party dis
claim responsibility Of John Duyall9
If so. let us erase his administration
from the slate.
Does L. F. Slack want tho Demo-
cratic party to stand behind his adj
miuistration? IF so. he should
answer those vicious charges OF
John l.. Duvall
He can satisfy the people OF In
dianapolis as to the untruth of those
charges by doing two things. Ap-
point A new board Of safety and q
new chief Of police
If Slack wants TO go on record as
a Democratic mayor, either he or
his Democratic party should an
swer Duvall
If he doesn't care to be cIassed as
. Democrat, he should publish that
fact. so the party will not be re-
sponsible for him
A DEMOCRAT.
EDITOR Times: I think your
Golden Rule Club will be q wonder
full safety device. ! also think it
would be q good idea TO have some
kind of a mark on your car to show
that y1u belong to the Colleen Rule
safety Club.
H. e. TtLL,
344s North CarroIltDia avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27
HOzU Clouds Are Formed
No. $40

THE air at all times contains certain amount Oh
i water yapor or moisture. The amount Oh mos
tllre however is a varably quantity.
Not only does the amount vary but the aolllUy Oh
the air to hold moisture varies.
The warmer the air is, the more moisture it is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27
SAYS:

A Good Mony Men Would Get
Along Faster. if We Did Not
Persist in Making Youth a
Handicap.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27
WHY a Youth HandICap2

ID OBERT MAYNARD HUTCH
N ms is elected head of the
University of Chicago at 30. which
makes him the youngest man to
have held such a position in this
country
It sounds very remarkable until
one remembers that Alexander the
Great had we'll night conquered
the civilized world at the same age
and that Napoleon had become Vir-
tual dictator of France
A good many men would get alonG
faster if VIC did not persist in max
ing youth a handicap.
Or. Hutchins, who has climbed
very rapidly since his graduation
from Yale eight years ago, once
said, Il get so sick of hearing that
I am young. I wish ] would sud-
denly grow up and get bald
headed
He will and all too quickly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27
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Dr.. Riddle OF Carnegie institute
may be right that supcr-mcdIcinc
and super-eduCat.op win i'm time
produce a race Of mental giants. but
it's lot simpler to DE just am ordi-
nary 4nan and hire q good publicity
agent.
After the acquitta] OF Texas
Gulnan ana Helen Morgan, the pro
l1ibitlon department VIII not prose-
cute any more New York ladies for
NloIa'ng. loe ooo1o IN" unless lIeJ
are ooth homeIy and ooW-'egscd.
h FADING that Coin Harvey got
Is divorce car,ioe ne b,cr IN
tbe bectic davs If Ieoe y.bon In.
vev,s hook was the iDeniration NJ
the free sflvcr. csmna;an
In that can,naign tvo rcrIogs
would sit nm ali night and arolio
about tho Nancy oupsti0n whom
they didn't have dollar between
them,
II is all right for the League OF
Nations to try to get all countries
to agree to abstain from The use Of
poison gas in time OF war. but no.
lieVeS that II a nation were In q
bloody corner and could save itself
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DAILY THOUGHT

The days of our years are three
score years and ten; and if by
reason of strength they be four
score years. yet is their strength
labor and sorrow; for it is soon
cut off. and we fly away.-Psalms
90:10.
e q
zach departed friend is mag
l. net that attracts us to the next
world. and the old man lives among
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27

TINE pupils can not have pie and
i Roger Baldwin can not talk TO
them. but DR.. William j. O'Shea.
superintendent Of New York City
schools is against censorship just
the same.
The best censorship. he says.
indeed the only censorship which
will be effective and permanent. is
that Of an enlightened public which
has had ihstilled into it good taste
and judgement.
BY the same token. France is Tor
a naval cut now that she has
possessed herself of the fastest
cruiser feet in existence.
So too, it may be noted that while
the slayer of Mrs De King escapes
indictment, Mrs. Mary Ware Den
nett is convicted of sending obscene
matter" through the mails, though
the matter was only short essay
on the sex problem which she wrote
for her two boys fourteen years ago.
Consistency thou art a jewell
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-27

Il is all right for the League OF
Nations to try to got all countries
to agree to abstain from The use Of
poison gas In time Of war but no.
body in his right mind really be-
lieves that il a nation were In
bloody corner and could save itself
only by using poison gas that it
would hesitate to do So