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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01
Quotations of NOtabJeS

walking, pushing open doors
and closing windows, getting in and
out of taxicabs, waving ones hand
to friends across the street-that is
enough exercise for any one
George Jean Nathan. Outlook
+ Il r
I'D rather get a single that wins
the ball game than get three home
runs in q game we lose."-Babe
Ruth.
q II
mo one has yet fathomed mans
potentialities for good. Behind our
chaos, our riot and our crime lies
the fundamental kindness Of the
human soul."-Dr. VIII Durant.
(Forum)
, n n
Every idea is an Indictment. It
offers itself for belief, and if be-
Heved, Is acted upon, unless some
other belief outweighs it or some
failure Of energy stiles the move
ment at its birth. Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes. United States SUI
preme court.
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1T SEEMS TO ME By H BRo9S

in the papers Of the gallantry Of a
Margaret Sanger or a Mary Ware
bennett.
And so it is not for my own sake
that I ask the authorities to censor
the church sermons. If I had a 16-
year-old daughter, I would not like
to have her hear all this defeatist
talk.
I am not minded to have her
com etc believe that the devil is
mighty and must prevail. I will not
tolerate any body Of propagandists
who wish to send her out into the
world licked before she starts.
Possibly some word of friendly
criticism from a well-wisher may
carry weight with the clergy and
make it unnecessary to back up the
patrol wagon to any place Of wor-
ship.
Even from a wholly materialistic
standpoint, they may come to rea-
ize that it would be no bad idea to
scrub up their sermons. I haven't
a doubt in the world that there is a
considerable public for a clean and
healthy church.
Copyright. 1929, by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01

THE world in which we live has
Il turned quite upside down and
religions seem at the moment to
occupy the lower half. Time was
when people went to church to be
inspired to lofty ideals and to es-
cape the thrall of material things.
But now the church is almost the
last place in which to seek praise OF
kindness or any celebration Of
goodwill.
Instead, the preachers express
their faith in ships and guns and
penal servitude. Pity stands on the
porch and can not be allowed to
enter in. Congress breaks into rap
turouS applause at the details OF a
boys death because he carried IL
ouor. and Christian men and Wom-
en- say amen"
Now that I have been introduced
to the current fashions in sermons
through the newspapers and the
radio, I gravely suggest that the dis
trict attorney take immediate &C
ton and ask the grand jury 10 emo
the wave Of immortality which is
gripping u churches.
immortality. I think, may be de
fined as instigation to anti-social
conduct. By this standard the
church is far and away a more ia
grant offender than any current
n1avWriCht or novelist,
Playwrights deal largely with the
potentialities of man. And tragedy
itself, although it marks certain
limitations of the human spirit
celebrates the magnifcence OF the
struggles against Illustration,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01
Be Polite to Cop

JERSEY justice seems dominated
- right now with the idea of en-
forcing polite language not only in
court. but to officers of the law.
Matching the Milligan case is
that of Jesse Burkitt, "Jeffersonian
Democrat" who finds himself SEN
fenced to a n~inety-day jail term for
cussing a police lieutenant, though
he and two witnesses denied the
charge.
Some say that it was Burkitt's
political activities, rather than his
profanity, that led to both the
charge and the sentence. He not
only has been a thorn in the side
of the Jersey City machine, but
has gone through more than most
men would to show their independ-
ence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01
Developing Our Minds

physically, we mature at
( about the same age. Mentally,
we do n5t.
Though the body generally ceases
to develop at the end of the first
three decades, the mind can go on
seven or eight.
Athletes seem to be at their best
between 25 and 80. but scholars,
statesmen and professional men
often are at their best at 10.
Nature provides for physical
growth, but men have it within
their power to promote, retard or
even stop mental growth.
Psychologists tell us that there
are many in this country with rs
year-old minds, but there are very
few with 12-year-old bodies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01
Why Get ExCited7

TINE announcement that certain
L prominent citizens will mail
copies Of Mrs. Dement'S pamphlet,
The Sex Side of Life" to President
Hoover is met with a threat Of pros
ecution.
II would prosecute them" says
Assistant United States Attorney
wilkinson. who tried Mrs. bennett,
las quickly as I would prosecute
John D. Rockefeller, If he were in
dicted for murder"
Putting aside the improperly OF
ringing in MI. Rockefeller's name,
especially in connection with such a
henious offenses as just a grand
stand3play. whgSset SO excited2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01
Boss Does the Work

TF someone had undertaken to pick
Il the master of italy eighteen
years ago according to Mr.. Edison's
method, the chances are that Benlto
Mussolini would not have been con-
sidered as even a possible candidate.
Yet there he is, not only bossing
the Job, but actually doirg the most
of it.
Giovanni Giuriti, minister of pub
lie works, resigns and, instead Of
naming a successor, Mussolini takes
on his duties.
That leaves II Duce holding eight
out of a possible thirteen cabinet
positions.
The wonder of it is that he has
not taken on the other five.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01
Edison Successor

Governor Leslie is more than correct when
he says that naming a boy to compete for the
chance to become the successor to Thomas A.
Edison is his most important job.
The great inventor, realizing the approach
Of age. is doing the unusual. He IS seeking an
heir, not to his money, but to his work He IS
hunting for a youth who will carry on after he
bows to the inevitable.
The contribution of Edison to humanity
can not be estimated. He has given happiness,
comfort, education and freedom from toll. He
has opened doors of opportunity. He has, IN a
remarkable measure, remade the world,
changed its habits, provided it with new ave
nues of expression.
He has announced that he viii ask the
Governor Of each state to nominate a boy who
shows promise of following in his footsteps. he
proposes to give this boy the best technical
training in electricity. He offers to pay the
bills and provide the means whereby the boy
NAV start with all the knowledge that Edison
has cleaned from his own research and the deep
study by others. He wants this boy to start
where he leaves his work.
There is a chance which should appeal to
the imagination of every youth. 1t should IN
spire other men. not Edisons, to consider SINH
lar offers.
OF course, it IS highly probable that the boy
who is trained by Edison will not be his real
successor. II is more likely that some boy now
working at night in some dingy cellar or barn
will discover what remains to be known about
the uses of electricity. He may be a messenger
boy. Just as Edison was a telegraph operator.
Selecting a boy as Edison's successor will
be more than difficult. 1t can not be done by
giving it to the boy who has high grades in
school. Edison had something more than that
The success of Edison came because of his
refusal to acknowledge defeat. He has worked
harder than any other man. He gets little
sleep. He has had little recreation. He has
made his work his lifY.
Any youth who has an intense interest IN
any subject and Is ready to pay the price OF
tremendous sacrifice which Edison has paid
can attain success.
The boy sent from Indiana should show this
determination. The Times hopes that such a
bow aill he found. It is ready to assist. 1t
hopes that every reader will send in the names
of boys who might qualify.
Quite incidentally, if you had the power to
select some great man to whom your son
could be successor, whom would you choose?
Would you rather have him succeed to the
millions of Mellon or the enduring fame of
Edison? Would you rather have him a great
benefactor or a president Would you pick
Babe Ruth, Gene Tunney, Douglas Fairbanksg
The Edison offer should stimulate some
thought as to comparative values. What liv-
ing man would you select as the model for
your SON
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBETN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

a S recently as 1929 newspapers
~ reported two instances in
which infants were found asphyX-
lated in bed and some one had al
legged the sudden leaving of the
bed by a cat.
The idea that the cat could suck
the breath of the infant and there
by produce death is simply a notion.
In 1891 a jury at a coroner's inquest
in England rendered a verdict TO
the effect that a child near Ply
mouth had met death in this man
ner. Nevertheless, there is no rea-
son to believe that the conditions
actually occurs.
It is. of course, possible that a
cat might lie over the face of an
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01

pany operation, compared with 25 per cent from sale
OF print paper and 81 per cent from other SOURCES.
He testified that its utility properties included ma
jority stock interest in the New England Power As
ISOLATION, compete control of the Canadian Hydro
Electric Company, Ltd, and minority interest in 8
large number Of smaller New England power COM
panies.
The chief danger Of such a power press hookup is
secrecy. There is a federal law requiring semi
annual sworn tatement Of ownership Of newspapers.
That law was responsible for revelation of some of
the International Paper and Power Companys deals.
Why all those deals were not uncovered by that law
is not yet clear.
Public knowledge is the best weapon against out
side control Of the press. Power interests, and any
others. have a complete legal right to found or to
buy as many newspapers as they can get. But the
public has an equal right-which it usually is quick
to exercise-of refusing to trust the freedom and fair
ness Of such newspapers.
And when the public loses faith in a newspaper,
that newspaper soon loses its financial or propaganda
value to the owners.
The graveyards of the press are filed with public
utility newspapers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01
Tickle Dictatorship

THIS country still rocks along
il without a dictatorship, but not
without dictatorship.
In many respects, the American
people are subjected to a greater de-
gree of tyranny, interference and
meddlesomeness than they would be
with a Mussolini at Washington.
The element of f%icklene5s makes it
doubly hard to endure.
While Italians can tell with some
degree of certainty what they have
to expect. Americans never are sure.
In these United States, one is
likely to be hailed into court for
something that commonly is prac-
ticed and because of q law he did
not know existed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01
Going Dozen!
City viii Sink One Foot
in 5000 Years, Says
Professor.
MINE thousand years from to-
~ day indianapolis will be one
font IO,r-o,, +Lox ~ -

MINE thousand years from to-
~ day Indianapolis will be one
foot lower than it is now.
This fact was brought out in
an address Tuesday night by DR..
Clyde A. Malott, professor in the
department of geology Of the In.
diana university, in a lecture in
the public library to Indiana uni
versity extension students.
DR.. Malott's lecture on What
Time Means in Geology" was the
eleventh Of a series.
The wasting away Of the city's
topography at the rate Of one foot
in 5000 years was cited by Dr..
Malott as one Of the beliefs of
scientists. The shrinkage is based
on measurements which show that
$500 millions Of tons of land is
carried away yearly by rivers and
delivered to seas.
He described the five time divi-
sions in geology as ~archeozoic,
p%rOterozoic, palezoic, mesozoic and
cenozoic.
Geologic time units are mill
lions tens of millions and hun
dreds Of millions Of years in
length" he said
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01

THOMAS A. EDISON wants to
Il find a youth capable Of carry
ing on his work.
To that end, he has offered a
free scholarship in such technical
school as the winner may select.
Each state and the District Of Col
umbia will be permitted to name
one candidate.
When the forty-nine candidates
have been selected, they will come
to the Edison laboratories at Orange,
N. j., for examination.
The examination will consist of
answering a QUESTIONABLE prepared
by Mr.. Edison.
The winner will not only receive a
technical education at Mr.. Edison's
expense, but enter the latter's en-
ploy when it is finished.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01
Discovering Genius

THAT is n way to discover
L genius, but it is not the way
Mr.. Edison was discovered. Sup
pose Mr.. Edison had gone up
against such a contest at 18; where
would he have landed?
Admitting that superior ability
rests to a certain extent on natural
talent, vagaries Of growth still make
it an enigma.
Brilliant boys often turn out dull
men.
You simply can not tell what or
where a man will be at so by what
or where he is at 90.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01
observation-disclosures

"ATOW that I am older I no
~ longer think Of sex sentiment
tally, but practically, and discover
that the manner in which it is han
died is about our worst mistake
Ed Howe, the Sage Of Atchison,
Kan.
women have ruined the theater,"
st. John IRVINE, guest dramatic
critic from Great Britain.
"If I think any act of this gov
eminent is improper, invalid or un-
lawful. I reserve to myself the right
to express my opinions fully and
completely on that act. In fact, it
is the positive duty Of every citi-
zen to do this-forcefully and with
out fear."-Archibald E. Stevenson
(Forum)
IF prohibition hadn't ~interfered,
California would be the greatest
grape-growing region in the world,
making better wines than France,
and we'd have cafes with little ia
bles. Mayor John L. Davle, Oak
land, Cal. CTimes.)
n Il Z
"My constituents boarding a Hud-
son river boat, if in possession OF
a half pint Of liquor, are liable to
five years imprisonment, under a
recent act of congress, yet passen-
gers in the imperial suite Of the Le-
viathan seemingly can select rare
vintages from an elaborate wine
card to their hearts content
CONGRESSMAN La Guardia, New York
City.
Get the things you like, lest you
be compelled to like the things you
get."-George Bernard Shaw.
"A PPARENTLY the men VINO are
n doing things these days-or-
ganizing new companies, building
new factories. opening new trade
territories, establishing new pre-
cedents in all lines of endeavor, in
GLIDING commercial aviation-are
those below the age. Of 45."-John
G. Lonsdale, president Of the Ma
tional Bank Of Commerce Of 81.
Louis. Gorbes Masazlal
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cipitated as rain
and snow.
The process is an
amending one. Go
ing on from day to
day, year to veal
and century to Gen.
tury. Longfellow
summed up the sit
when he
wrote:
THE mist and
cloud will turn
to rain.
The rain to
mist and cloud
again"
The cycle may be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01

are told that there is no good in US.
Schools, parents, religion have all
failed, say the men in the pupitS.
They ask us to cringe and be
ashamed.
Every laundering sentence is a
bow against the s~elf-respect Of each
human being present.
Personally, I don't believe I have
been much harmed. Before Sunday
comes around again I will have had
an opportunity to go to the theater
and watch a representation Of the
deeds of heroes and heroines.
] will not believe utterly in every
thing set before me. but I will take
away enough to be elated and proud
to be alive. And in my shoulders
and my soul I may find an itch to
strike out against evil and give the
old devil a punch in the nose.
r 4
HeadIin0S-HeroineS
NTOR will it be necessary to turn
~ to plays or novels to find con-
frmation of the fact that human
kind is glorious at best. I can read
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
n of Americas most inter
esting writers, and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with She editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01
Shutting Out Spring

EVEN when spring comes rushing
in and goes rope-skipping be-
fore a blue-gold drop, there is no
hint Of this beauty in the churches.
There is never a word Of trees. o
sky or f~reShening breeze.
Instead, the preachers talk of gin
and Jazz and general deprayiy. We
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01
NJ. E.Tracy
SAYS:

You Simply Can Not Tell
Where a Man WIZ Be at so
By What or Where He is
at 20.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01
= David Dietz on Science
Cycle ofMist and Cloud
No. 242

ITO UNDERSTAND the weather changes, We must
l. keep in mind that there is an endless cycle of
evaporation and precipitation. Water from the
oceans, the lakes, the rivers, the soil and its vegeta-
ton, is taken up into the atmosphere by evaporation.
Then it condenSes into fogs and clouds and is pre-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01

Henry Ford says his only formula for success is
work" The most original recipe we've seen to date.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01

1'h'f 4 o. ttC|f' VI
Bandits.
A FTER waiting for some friend
"A OF man to offer 100000 for
a cure for bank robbery. We have
decided to give our great invention
TO the bankers Of America. feeling
that, after all, it were base to seek
to commerCialize such a product Of
human genius.
Z = e
While we hand this blessing to
all bankers, We do it out Of affec-
ton for those particular bankers
with whom we have had such close
ties for so many lean years, and
we feel they viii accept this dis
ti%nction, for there never has been
anything they would not take from
us.
Il n r
Even though some of them have
increased the interest rate from 6
to 7 percent, VIZ realize that this
may be due to heredity or environ
ment or both, ana SO we turn the
other cheek.
We do not wish any bandit to do
to them what they have done to u.s.
The effectiveness OF our plan is
so clear it should receive the en-
thusiastic approval of the National
Bankers Association and cause the
underworld to gnash its yellow
teeth!
INSTEIN'S contributions are
II hard to follow, but this is so
simple any child can understand it..
The mere fact that a bank has
one will guarantee its immunity.
1t can fire the Waterman imme-
diately!
1t is such a Knockout, the bandits
VIII hold a national convention in
Chicago and decide to 20 the
straight and narrow way.
Aside from Wrecking the political
organizations Of both parties in Hi
nois, this would be entirely salts
factory.
r II r.
This plan is cheap as we'll as
simple; it is within the reach of all
We are not concerned with the
safety OF the great, naughty, mani
cured banker who wears spats, but
the safety Of the poor. hollow
chested, under-nourished banker.
He IS the one from whom we
would remove all g~oose-fesh!
OUR immortal contribution is
~ this-put hinges on all bank
HoorS' converting them into trap
DOORS
Then when the successor of Jesse
James and e~X-Secretary Fall thrusts
his hardware into the bankers 0 n
lldlng countenance, pull a lever and
the floor sinks, the bandit falling
into a concrete %container, devoid of
all fraternal regard.
+ 4 n
To protect our n-ote-renews. the
very bone and Sinew of America
have obiliging attendants adjust
harness about their shoulders. the
same to be hooked to a rope. hang
ing from the ceiling. and should
the floor give way while the renew
ers stand, ~engrossed in the compu-
tation Of interest, they would re-
main suspended and unframed until
the bandits had been deposited and
the floor came back.
II Il 4
We dedicate this masterpiece of
constructive genius to the bankers
Of our beloved land. asking moth
ing in return but the Joy which
comes to the %benefactor of the op-
pressed.
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REASON
By Frederick Lands

Great Ne1c InUeution
WW Make World Safe for
Bankers and Psjjlous for
Bandits.
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Even though some of them have
Increased the interest rate from 6
to 7 percent, we realize that this
may be due to heredity or environ
ment or both, and SO we turn the
other cheek.
We do not wish any bandit to DO
to them what they have done to usl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01

A FTER waiting for some friend
"A Of man to offer 100000 for
a cure for bank robbery. We have
decided to give our great invention
TO the bankers Of America. feeling
that, after all, it were base to seek
to co-mmercialize such a product Of
human genius.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01

The effectiveness OF our plan is
so clear it should receive the en-
thusiaStic approval of the National
Bankers Association and cause the
underworld to gnaSh its yellow
teeth!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01

EINSTEIN'S contributions are
II hard to follow, but this is so
simple any child can understand it..
The mere fact that a bank has
one will guarantee its immunity.
1t can fire the Waterman imme-
dlately!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01

While we hand this blessing to
all bankers, We do it out Of affec-
ton for those particular bankers
with whom We have had such close.
ties for so many lean years, and
we feel they Will accept this dis
tinction, for there never has been
anything they would not take from
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01

1t is such a knockout, the bandits
viii hold a national convention in
chicago and decide to go the
straight and narrow way.
Aside from wrecking the political
organizations Of both parties in IIli-
nois, this would be entirely salts
factory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01

This plan is cheap as well as
simple; 1t is within the reach Of all.
We are not concerned with the
safety of the great, naughty. mani
cured banker who wears spats, but
the safety Of the poor, hollow
chested, under-nourished banker.
He is the n from whom we
would remove all goose-fesh!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-15
DEATH BALKS COL. PERCEFULL'S
ATTEMPTS TO MARRY FIANCEE
Sisters Protests Blocked
Wish to Wed While on
Death Bed.
Automobile and Diamond Ring
Are Given Miss AIvord
in Win.

Death last night took from Lieut. Col
Abraham c. L. Percefull, 81 years old,
medical approving of1icer of the Vet
erans' Bureau, the last chance he had
to marry the woman he loved.
With his fiancee, Miss Ellen Alvord,
unable to communicate with him di-
rectly because of the objections of his
sister, Mrs. Richard Wathen, who came
here from Kentucky when she learned
her brother planned to marry, Col
Percefull succumbed to a long, serious
Illness In o room at Mount Alto Vet
erans' Hospital. Only q doctor and the
nurse who had attended him we're in
the room when death came. about $50
O'Clock.
In the Alvord home today. at 1928
Huntington street. Chevy Chase, Miss
Alvord found strength in the knowledge
that she and her father had done what
they could to alleviate the sick mans
suffering. Death was not unexpected,
his life having been despaired of for
several weeks.
Until objections from Col. Percefull's