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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-13
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The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-30
REASON By FfE2EBE9K HaSB4S

WYE are not surprised to hear that the Russians
w have just abolished Sunday for if you will
only stand close to bunch of them for few min
utes you will realize that they abolished Saturday
night long time ago.
We don't know why it is but every time woman
arrested for bootleggng, she turns up with nine
ten children and all of them little enough to cling
papers.
Since President Hoover has rejected Harry Sin
clairs appeal for pardon, his only consolation is to
fall back upon the reflection that virtue is its own
reward
Our old friend, Congressman Louis Ludlow of
INDIANAPOLIS has sent this invitation to $4,000 of his
constituents: When you in Washington, come
and see ME and get warm Hooser welcome. My
latch string is always out"
Wouldn't it be perfectly grand if they would all
decide to go at the same time!
THE international convention of the w. c. r. U.
Il just held in Indianapolis, passed resolution
saying: Eternal vigilance is the price of prohibi-
tion but the insist that the real price
of prohibition is something like $12 a quart.
1t is great tribute to Florence Trumbull Coolidge
that she passed up White House wedding to be
married among her own people" in the old home
town.
1t makes you feel if you would like to lend her
cook book or tell her how to fry mush
Police Commissioner Whalen Of New York City
is right to insist that bonuses be given heroic patrol
men. and instead of pensioning the widows of Pres-
dents should pension the widows of policemen,
killed in the line of duty.
CHARLES L. CRAIG, former controller of New
~ York City, presents bill for $35o00O on account
of legal services rendered his city during year and
half in the traction litigation which is enough to
make fellow like Al Capone kick himself because
he didn't study law.
You take your hat off to the late President Nc
Kinley reading in Ambassador HerrickS story
that Mark Hanna rounded up the bosses before
McKinley's first nomination by promising them they
should control everything in their respective terri
tories, whereupon Mckinley kicked the whole thing
overheard and refused to make the deal
McKinley's character and craftsmanship will loom
larger as the years go by.
The destruction of Blaine in the campaign of 1884
by the foolish Rum, Romanism and Rebellion" speech
which Burchard made, caused Mckinley to be on his
guard and when delegations visited Canton in tbs
famous front porch campaign, the Ohio statesman
compelled the Spokesmen Of all such delegations to
submit their remarks in writing and in advance
And If there was anything offensive in said re-
marks, It went out.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-30
Pardon Billings

No petition has been filed for release of Warren
Billings who like Tom Mooney, is in jail for life as
an aftermath of the San francisco preparedness
parade bombing of 1916.
Governor Young of California is studying testi-
mony given when Billings tried, as well as that
given in the Mooney This is accepted as a
strong indication that the Governor is convinced the
testimony on which the two convicted was per-
jured as the trial judge believes, and is considering
a pardon.
Billings is a second termer and not be par
doned without consent of the California supreme
court That is why MONEYS always has been put
in the foreground However, the testimony which sent
Billings to Jail has been discredited completely
as that in the Mooney trial The cases are con-
nected nextricably. If Mooney falsely con-
demned, so Billings.
Young is making, he promised thorough
going investigation of the whole matter He can not
be commended too highly for doing so. Governor
after Governor left the case untouched witness
after witness either confessed proved to have
given perjured testimony.
Such an investigation should lead to pardon for
the two men, for Youngs present attitude seems to
indicate that confidence be reposed in his decision.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-30
Finish the Job

The demand of large group of outstand-
ing citizens that one Of their group be named
as the Republican candidate for mayor by
machine, is fair beginning.
Coffinism has blighted this city. 1t blights
the county It's withering influence has ex-
tended into the state.
What is really asked is that Coffin forget
the usual type of man with whom he associ-
ates and adopt one whose responsibility and
reputation offers fair assurance against
some of the cruder forms of Cofinism. The
tax bills have indicated amajor operation.
The movement will undoubtedly have
wide public appeal. 1t is start in the right
direction. But to have full confidence and
support it must go farther.
No man or movement can afford to have
any contacts with the Coffin machine. No
movement, to arouse ? genuine enthusiasm,
can traffic with the Caesar who finds himself
in such sore distress that he, better than any
one else, knows that any candidate who bears
his brand, would be decisively beaten at an
election
The basis of the Coffin power has been his
control Of election boards. The law gives him,
as city chairman, the right to name these
members in precincts where in the past there
has been such peculiarities as to suggest
fraud. Booteggers, petty criminals and
paroled prisoners from the minor courts
have often been in charge.
If Cofinism is to be repudiated and not
perfumed that same group of men should in
sist on placing this power over election
boards in the hands of a man of quite as high
standing and reputation for integrity as the
candidate for mayor. They should insist on
some assurance of an honest election.
No man who has III the past contributed
to the power of Coffin, who has even ac-
quiesced, if not participated, in the era which
produced a Duvall ana the -Four Horsemen,
which has made the statute of limitations
the great bulwark of liberty, should have
any part in the new day.
a-. Cancer is never cured by sachet powder
1t is time for a major operation.
n The war which was carried on by the City
Manager League to drive political influence
4nd partisan privilege out of city govern
6nent can not be won by the capture of one
Sector
The real battle cry against Coffinism
should be ''spurlos versunkt."
The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-30

cans, one Times. one Herald-Tr
une.
"In fact, the Shearers struck me
as a very nice family, minding their
own business, and should Shearer
want me to save his papers, will
be very glad to do so at the 125th
Street station, where I now am
located"
I still insist that Shearer may be
a shouter, as I said, in spite Of
the testimony of the news dealer.
.Reverting to Sherlock Holmes
methods, I ask you what would a
man want with menthol drops every
morning if he had not yelled his
head off on the preceding evening.
The gum he bought, I imagine, to
put upon his shoes.
Upon the testimony of I. H. B.,
Shearer stands convicted of being
an even poorer propagandlst than
7 thought. The shipbuilders were
unanimous in reporting that his
services were negligible, but this was
not said until after he was caught.
My criticism rests upon his choice
of reading matter. Surely Shearer
did not have to convince the Hearst
newspapers that America should
have a navy big enough to lick the
combined forces of the world, and
yet. Shearer seems to have devoted
most of his attention to a natural
ally.
It can not even be said that either
The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-30
Times Readers
Voice ViezOS

Editor Times-To Lieutenants
Walter Peck and Lawrence Genaro,
two brave fliers, who battled against
every element that human being
possibly could face, and after fight
ing a low hanging fog and inky
black nights for almost forty-eight
hours, finally had to give up in de-
feat, when they were forced to the
ground at $40 a. m. Thursday, after
149 hours of continuous flying.
Even in defeat these men were
heroes, striving in vain to bring
the endurance record to Indianapo-
lis, after one unsuccessful attempt,
they refused to give up, but had
the nerve and grit to get out and
try again.
I believe, If it had not been for
the fog and rain, these two men
would have broken the record, for
their motor surely was running
sweet.
Indianapolis can not praise these
men too highly, as they tried hard
to help the city, and risked their
lives in the attempt. Just tough
breaks kept them down, even though
defeated, they achieved world OF
victory. If they decide to make an
other attempt at the record. may all
the luck in the world be with them
to do the task they tried so hard to
complete. So let every one boost
these boys and wish them lots OF
luck in their next attempt.
HARRY r. BLEDSQE
6117 Haverford avenues
The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-30
ArouSeS Ire

CHEARER seems to have been I'M
- willing to read anything on the
other side which should be the pri-
mary assignment of every propa-
gandist.
know a columnist who ranks
himself as a liberal and it is his
daily practice to begin the morning
with the editorial page of the New
York Times When he has done
with that he generally finds that
enough ire has been generated to
enable him to get to work.
One of the correspondents of this
column wanted to know what would
happen if large number of Negroes
decided to attend service in a body
at the Cathedral of st. John the
Divine.
H. S. S. says that the cathedral
already has met this issue and
thinks it unfair for any one to inti-
mate that a color line would be
drawn in the church of Bishop Man
ming, which was, as you may re-
member, founded as "a house of
worship for all people"
81 would like to point out one
incident" writes H. S. S., that you
can verify by consulting the files of
the daily papers of about, think,
a wear ago,
The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-30
A General Sneers at Peace

Scene: A military camp at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
Time: Sept. %, 1929. "a few hours after Premier
Macdonald sailed from England en- route to AmericS
to discuss armament reduction necessary corol-
larry to the Kellogg treaty renouncing war;
Speakers: Major-General Hanson E Ely of the
United States army and Captain George S. Godfrey
OF the British army.
1T has been the natural law of the brute beast
to- kill or be killed. says one speaker. "The same
law has held for primitive man. and in greater or
lesser degree for his civilized successors. maintain
that the next logical step toward the complete attain
ment of reasonable life is that in the collective
form should conquer the old natural law of killing.
There is not the slightest doubt that civilized
nations of our type have got to make the conscious
choice in the long between settling their differ
ences by war by discussion and agreement The
consequences of settlement by in the crowded,
sensitive highly interconnected world of today be-
come ever more disastrous to victor and the de-
feated Whereas if We agree that settlement by peace
full methods is to be rule there probably no
two countries which do more to tip the scales
on the side of permanent peace throughout the world
But the other speaker makes the old war appeal:
1--WE talk of eternal peace and hope for it, but
we are not going to get it. We extend the time
between wars, but not going to end wars.
1t might be we'll for our humanitarians and others
war losses down to point commensurate with the
objects attained Don't talk about the horrors of war
they don't prevent war. We can only ameliorate
war through preparedness"
The hre-eating officer was the American.
Perhaps General Ely has been too busy with his
n,itaristic propaganda to hear of the treaty re
nouncing war as an instrument of national policy.
Perhaps he has been so busy he has not learned
that his commander-in-ehef, President Hoover has
stated as the official policy of this government that
peace can be maintained through international agree
mentS and arms reduction.
General Ely is a soldier Apart from the bad taste
of this speech in the presence of British officer and
on the eve of the Macdonald Hoover disarmament
meeting isn't there such thing officers loyalty?
Isn't even a major-general bound somewhat by the
official policy of his government and commander-in-
chief and by the treaty in which his country solemn
y has pledged its honor and faith?
The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-30
Questions and AnSzQ'erS

temporary Supplying effect during
which the fishes float upon the sur
face of the water and are readily
taken. "Cocculus indicus" is the
trade name of the berries used by
the Chinese in catching fish. The
berry contains an acrid poison,
which intoxicates or stuns the fish
until they can be caught. The
United States bureau of fisheries
states that the use of f1sh5erries
fer bait is prohibited by law.
What is meant by gross tonnage,
net tonnage and displacement of a
ship?
Gross tonnage is the cubic capa-
city of ship below the tonnage
deck, plus the area of any in
closed space for stores above. The
net or register tonnage is
the gross tonnage less space
for machinery, and crews quarters.
Displacement is the volume Of water
a vessel displaces, measured by
weight in tons. The displacement
of a vessel can be figured by COM
putting the volume of the vessel be-
low the water line and dividing by
Sc, if floating in fresh water. or
by 35 if floating in salt water. This
will give the displacement in tons.
How long has Alice White been
playing in motion pictures?
Three years.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-30
Government Competition

The Southern California Edison Company an
nounces reduction in electric lighting rates that
will save 81 100000 annually to 427,ooO customers.
1t is interesting coincidence that this announce
ment comes just as the department of the interior
is about to announce rates that the government will
charge for power generated at Boulder dam.
No one Supposes that this unexpected cut in rates
by the Edison company is going to impoverish its
stockholders or hurt the company in any way.
Neither will any one suppose that the reduction
would have been made had not the government under
taken to generate power in the companys territory
and make public the cost of such operation.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-30
EYES and Ears

THERE is no reason why fac
n tory turning out automobiles
may not some day become as fully
automatic as a dial telephone eX-
change.
Science today has automatic eyes
and ears more powerful and sensi-
tive than human eyes. 1t has me-
chanica1 noses which will respond
to fainter odors than the human
nose. 1t has mechanical mouths
with a more delicate sense of taste.
It has a mechanical sense Of feel
ing more sensitive to heat and to
humidity than is the human being.
1t has more powerful mechanica
arms and swifter mechanical leg
than has man.
The photo-electric cell Is the eye
of science. 1t will respond to lighi
changes too fine for the human ey
to perceive. The microphone al
the radio tube constitute mechani-
cal ear which will pick up SOUND
beyond the range of the human &c
The chemist possesses delicate ii
dicators which are the nose anc
mouth of the science world. The
can be arranged to ring an alarm
or control a valve or switch in re-
sponse to changes which the human
being can not detect.
A slight amount of gas which the
nose can not detect or the change
in the acidity of solution so slight
that taste would not reveal 1t, is
sufficient Tor these indicators.
Frequently, a scientific invention
permits change in functions. In
the old days, the printer had to use
his eyes to sort type. In the limo
type machine, a combination of
grooves and notches on each type
matrix makes the sorting automatic.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-30
GOOd-Ry. RIackmer

Henry M. Blackmer, the oil who away,
must pay bigger fine result of his part in the
Continental Trading Company deal of 1921 than any
of the oil who stayed and faced the music.
Which is, perhaps, it should be. He was the
only one of men dividing the i-gotten profits of that
mysterious company who did not eventually return
his share of the bonds. Will the others who so
anxious to have him stay away from the various
official proceedings in which they involved chip
in and help this expatriate of secrecy meet the gov
ernment's bill?
The oil cases are practically at end All this
country desires of MI Blacker now is his continued
and permanent absence
The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-30
Leisure

60 far, however, the automatic
~ machine will take the place Of
everything but brains.
For the machine must be set up
and adjusted by an engineer who
has thought it all out.
There are complex adding ma
chimes in existence today which will
solve the most difficult type of equa-
tion in calculus.
But the machine will not manu-
facture it's own equation. The
mathematician must study the prob
lem and write the equation.
And the machine will not take the
place of character.
Essayists would do better to worry
about that than the enslayement Of
men by machines.
heard my good friend, DR.. Ed
win E. Slosson, director Of Science
Service, say once that science would
solve the labor problem by abolish
ing labor.
ain that case" said to him,
science will have to tackle the leis-s
ure problem next"
And Slosson agreed with me that
the leisure problem might prove far
more dificult to solve than the labor
problem.
Human energy demands an out
let. And when the energy now con-
sumed in toll is freed from toll,
something will have TO be done with
it.
That will be the real problem of
the future.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-30
SCIENCE
The Aim and Ideal of Science
Is Far Better Than Making
Man the Sldue Of the
Machine.
BY DAVID DIETZ-

THAT science is making man the
4 slave of the machine is the
thesis of books, magazine articles
and forum lectures these days. The
basic idea of the Robot play, "R. U.
r." and the German-made movie,
Metropolis" continues to be popu
lar.
Metropolis" it will be recalled,
pictured a huge underground city
below a city. In the underground
city were thousands of men, each
the servant of a machine, doomed
to spend his days pulling lever
or turning a wheel.
The aim and ideal of science is
far from that. 1t is much better
represented in the automobile tele-
phone exchange.
The old telephone exchange, with
its rows of girls-telephone receivers
on ears. microphone at lips, eyes
glued upon the flashing lights OF
the switchboard-gave promise OF
the nightmare predicted in Metro
polls.
But If the playwrights and essay
lists will pay a visit to modern
automatic telephone exchange, they
will see that science is leaving that
sort of thing behind.
The rows of girls have been re-
placed with banks of automatic re-
lays. There is a continuous click,
click, chck-the relays responding by
themselves to the numbers dialed
by subscribers.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-30

TN the current mail am accused
l. of spreading two misconceptions.
This should be set straight imme-
diately. The first indictment Is
brought by I. H. B., news dealer to
William B. Shearer, who says the
bigger and better navy man isn't
in the least a shouter.
"It has been my privilege writes
Bahr, to supply William B. Shearer
with newspapers for more than a
year. You would be surprised what
a mild hammered man he is; in fact,
you wouldn't notice him in crowd,
with his mouth shut or open. The
only loud thing about him is his
white vest and black tie.
HE always went to the city with
his wife and daughter. In all the
time that 1 knew him 1 never heard
him say hello to anybody in the
Stamford station. Nor did any,
body else seem to know him.
"He always remembered to say
Good morning to me, which is more
than a lot of these $3O-a-week vice.
presidents in Stamford remembered
to do.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-30
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ANNIVERSARY
.IEsIi:.:Att5
THE BALKAN WAR

I'M Sept. 30, 1912, Greece, Servia,
W and Bulgaria mobilized in
preparation for the Balkan war.
A few days later, the three ma
tions dispatched an identical note
to Turkey, requiring the establish
ment of complete Macedonian au-
tonomy under Christian governors
within six months.
Upon receipt of the note, Turkey
Immediately recalled her representa-
tives from their respective capitals
and on Oct. II Greece, Servia and
Bulgaria formally declared war on
Turkey.
Montenegro aided in the cam
paign against the Turks and the
military campaigns Of the allies
were we'll co-ordinated and directed
to a common purpose. Thus the
Turks were attacked simultaneous
ly in four separate places and were
unable to concentrate and act on
the offensive.
A temporary truce was signed in
December, but the nations failed to
agree on permanent peace terms
and hostilitieS were resumed.
By the Treaty Of London, signed
May 8, 1913, it was stipulated that
Turkey should be shorn Of all her
European possessions except Con-
stantinople and a small tract Of ad-
jacent land east of the Martha
river.
But the surprising rapidity with
which the result had been achieved
only whetted the ambitions of the
Balkan states and they were soon
engaged in another war, with the
allies this time arrayed against one
another.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-30
Negroes Welcome

" a T that time some one in Har-
"a lem started the cry that the
Negroes would not be welcomed at
the cathedral. At some meeting it
was proposed that the black people
march 500 or 1000 strong to the
cathedral on Morningside Heights
and test the question. They were
to go the next Sunday for the morn
ing service.
The papers heard of this and re-
porters were sent to see what would
happen. One of them asked an
usher what they we're going to do
if this large body of Negroes ap-
peared.
"His reply was to this effect: If
any large number of Negroes comes
here today they will be welcomed
and given the best available seats.
This cathedral belongs to them as
much as it does to any one
"As a matter of fact no large body
of Negroes appeared"
The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-30
Modern Education

1t is a long step from the little red schoolhouse
and three RS to the latest in public schools
Just listed by the United States bureau Of education
In Illinois there is a school that has course In
aviation where the theory of flying is stressed and
instruction in airplane engines given with fourth
year work in auto mechanics.
4 New Jersey school teaches radio production and
service In California is class in scenery construc-