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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22
A Naval Threat

one argument runs through senate speeches favor
ing the bill for fifteen cruisers and an aircraft
carrier The United States must convince the Brit
ish admiralty that we are serious in desire for
naval equality it is said The idea is that the ac-
miraty will not drop its policy of British superiority
over America until It realizes that We mean business
Unfortunately the record of the admiralty through
out the naval limitation conferences and discussions
of the last seven years does tend to indicate that
nothing short of an American cruiser building pro-
4rcnl will force the admiralty to accept cruiser
squaty with us.
At the Washington conference of 1s21-22 we
crspped superior capital ship tonnage to give Britain
aouslity with the tacit understanding that Britain
would reciprocate by granting equality In cruisers
she refused to reciprocate then, however, and has
continued TO refuse since notably at the Coolidge
Geneva conference
Therefore even Americans most friendly to Great
Britain are beginning to listen reluctantly, to the
argument that threat in the form of cruiser ap-
preparations is the quickest way to bring the adj
miralty to accept an equality limitation agreement
Of course the senators do not openly use the word
threat" but that plainly is what it amounts to.
threat at this time would be premature, in our
Judgment Threat is weapon of last resort. The
time of last resort has not arrived.
If an American building program comes to be the
Only remaining method of inducing Britain TO accept
an equality limitation agreement such threat would
be much more effective the eve of the 1881 WASH
ington naval revision conference
If the United States must have more cruisers au7
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

are not conscious of its interference.
In addition, the child should be
clothed as an individual. Poorly
nourished children as a rule need
warmer winter clothing. Children
who are active need less than those
that are not as active.
Clothing is worn to maintain an
even body temperature, to serve as
protection from temperatures lower
than the normal body temperature.
1T should provide comfort and
should not cause overheating and
perspiration. Many children are
overdressed, which is not desirable
and may cause serious results.
wool need not be used, al
though it absorbs moisture readily
and provides extra warmth with de-
creased weight and bulk.
The average child living in the
central states in the average home
does not need undergarments that
contain more than 80 per cent wool.
Underwear should have full
length arms and legs in most cases.
Long stockings, which may be part
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22
I Z
SEEMS
TOME
y q
BY HAYWOOD
BROUN

GONE years ago when a great
y English statesman lay dying the
doctors implored the editors of his
fayorite paper to get out a special
edition. They did not want to have
the patient read that his illness was
fatal and that there was no hope.
Accordingly the obliging Journal
lists prepared one copy of a brand
new front page on which it was
stated that his lordship would soon
be up and around again.
Fate marred the experiment, for
the great man died before the paper
could be taken to his bedside. Pos
sibly it would not have worked. for
he was a veteran in British politics
and might not believe everything he
read, even though it appeared in his
favorite newspaper
Still the idea is fascinating. It
might be carried even farther. I
should like to have a special news
paper prepared for my last day and
temain ignorant, of course, that it
was in any way special. And If it
we're any journal of the ScrippS-
Howard chain thus doctored up for
me / probably would accept all the
news and some of the editorials.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22
Times Readers
Voice ViezCS

Editor T'imes-In re. the tax Sit
uation in Indiana.
So many people are bowling about
high taxes on real estate and per-
Sonal property, and admit that 1t
is very strenuous and should be re-
lieved, and I know that it can be
relieved if our would-be politicians
and legislators really wanted to fur
,lish the relief and would do so,
during this session of the legislature
My plan for relief is as follows:
Enact a sales tax law on non-neces-
sites, which fully 95 per cent of the
people use, such as cigarets, cigars.
tobacco, and shows of all kinds, and
take all school taxes of Of real
estate and personal property and pay
such taxes with the sales taxes,
making provisions that as the sales
taxes are brought in, the real estate
and personal property be relieved
until the sales taxes can be adjusted
to the liquidation Of the taxes on
property.
When 1 say all school taxes, I
mean our state normals, state uni
versities, and the general schools of
the state, Or, in other words, any
school or schools which the state
maintains.
have written our representative
and also our governor along the
above lines.
What do you think of this plan?
The test Of the gasoline law has
proved that sales tax law is with
in our constitution.
@ M. TEEGARDEN,
VeederSburg, Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22
HOzv Child Should Be CI0tKedm Winter

wool, may keep the legs comfortably
warm with knee length underwear.
Cotton outer clothing is all that is
necessary.
For outdoor wear, leggings that
come to the waist are desirable for
the 2 or 3-year-old child. These
may be knitted or fleeced. The lat
ter may be obtained with Upper
faStenings, which are most con-
venient.
1.-THE coat should be wool, knee
length, with full length sleeves and
should be one that may be fastened
about the neck. 1t is wise to pro-
vide a size that will allow a knitted
sweater underneath on cold days.
"a cap fitting well down over the
head is best in cold weather. The
ears should be covered. A mutfler
may be used if the coat does not
fit well about the neck.
''Mittens are more desirable than
gloves. Shoes for small children
have comparatively thin soles and in
cold weather overshoes should be
worn to keep the feet warm
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22
Civil Liberties

TTERE, as in so many other state
u u capitals, the talk centers large
ly on rights-individual rights, local
rights, state rights. rights of the
criminal when in the hands of the
law, rights of the public to be pro-
tected against him when ne is not.
Bills affecting civil liberty will
come up from discussion in several
states. A criminal syndicalism law
has been proposed in Colorado,
which is all the more significant be-
cause Colorado is one of the four
teen states that have had no Grim
inal syndicalism or sedition laws.
Authorization laws, the creation
of state police force, compulsory
reading of the Bible in public
schools and limitation of the right
of picketing in time. of strike are
among the subjects which other
legislatures will be called upon to
consider.
The most diScouraging feature of
it all is that the battle is mostly
waged by and for groups, instead of
by and for the Individual.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22
JAPAN SPOOFS BORAH
FATHER HAS MAZUMA
y
PASSING THE PLATE


1T is rather interesting that Sena-
4 tor Blaine of Wisconsin should
specialize in antagonizing England,
which was pet diversion of a
former statesman of the same name,
the distinguished James G. Blaine
of Maine.
But this is about the only resem-
blance between them.
n n
City ministers, whose sermons are
broadcast, insist that the radio will
prove to be religions greatest
friend, gathering the nation in vast
congregations.
But it will be rather difficult to
pass the contribution plate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22
A Ship Aground
SHIP. the President

A SHIP, the President Garfield,
N grounds ir. the Bahamas, with
out a casualty. which spells the
story from a news standpoint, but
makes a thrilling item for those
who like constructive work.
Fifty years ago the headlines ran
red with shipwreck and railroad ac-
cidents. which meant that many
poor devils were losing their right
to life, and all other rights with it.
We have built lighthouses. even
if we have not made prohibition
stick. put in block signal systems
and done a lot of other things to
make sixty miles an hour safer than
six was three generations back, and
it all helps to preserve those rights.
which Thomas jefferson described
as AinalienaEle.'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22
PROPER Victim

TINE victim could be some very
l. obnoxious person-obnoxious to
me, / mean. A few suitable names
come to my mind, but I hesitate to
mention any for if some real mis-
fortune befelI the individual sus-
picion might point to me. Accord
ingly let's merely call the dead man
the Rev. DR.. Jonathan x.
DR.. x. ought to meet his doom
through some mysterious weapon
quite unknown to the police. And
yet there would have to be a gen.
erous supply of clews in order to
make the story exciting. Too much
mystery dulls the interest.
AS foresee it, the elevator man
took a heavily yelled woman to the
victims apartment a little before
midnight. She was dressed in bright
scarlet and wore white orchids on
her right shoulder.
These would be very curious or
chids, having black and blue spots.
She said nothing to the. operator
except "Ze eighteenth floor vite,
schell." He noticed that her voice
was musical and that she spoke
with Russian accent. Apparently
she had been crying.
In the library, where the police
found the body, nothing of value
had been disturbed. All the dia-
n1ond rings Of the dead man re-
NAMED fixed upon his fingers and
his wallet containing ten 81 900 bills
was still in his pocket.
Upon the electric piano rested q
roll of "The Afternoon of Faun,"
which had been checked in mid
career for some unexplained reason.
A large green parrot in a gold cage
was visibly terrified and kept re-
peating over and over again, you're
the knife in my murder, you're the
lace in my Shoe"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22
Police BafIed

TINE district attorney thinks there
IL Is something significant in this,
but he is not prepared as yet to an
nounce his theory. Nor has he any
explanation of the death of one of
the two goldfish other than the fact
that it had been shot with a Colt
automatic. He thinks it curious that
the glass bowl was not shattered.
Nobody knows why the picture of
the Spanish dancer was slashed and
the head removed. A poisoned ar
row was found behind the left ear
OF the dead clergyman but the corr
oner believes that it was actually
the machine gun bullets or the razor
slash which caused his death.
Scrawled upon a sheet of pink.
paper were the words Hal Hal''
written in bold, though feminine
hand. In his right first the dead
man held small wooden hammer
bearing the printed words, wei
come to Texas Guinan's."
Just outside the library door de-
tectives picked up a leaflet Of the
Lucy Stone League and two tickets
for the performance Of Strange In
terlude" on March II.
Turning to the next column I
would find that Grover Whalen had
sprained his ankle in getting out Of
his traffic tower and an amusing
story describing the manner in
which John D. Rockefeller gave a
small boy SIS gold piece which had
become mixed up with his dimes.
A somewhat larger head would be
needed for the story announcing the
fact that the w. C. T. U. had de-
cided that prohibition was a mis-
take.
The cable from Monte Carlo
would say that a well-known Bap-
fist minister from New York had
taken up roulette and vas losing
heavily.
gcopgnght. 1879. for The Timesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22

COLUMBUS; O.. Jan. ga good
~ many people know that
Columbus is the capital Of Ohio;
that it numbers about 100000, "a per
cent of whom are native born, and
that it includes such institutions as
the state university and state
prison. Some know that it boasts
the eighth tallest building in Ameri-
ca and that it makes more oilcloth,
concrete mixers, fiddles and lodge
regalia than any other town.
What most people do not know is
that, though 500 miles west of New
York, Columbus still is 200 miles
east of the center of population.
That may not be a particularly
sensational fact, but it worth
consideration by those who labor
under the delusion that the coun-
try's real power, political, financial
and otherwise, is still to be found
ON the sunrise side Of the Hudson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22
Things Which Are Caesars
MYTH an automobile show on, a
WY fIanirrn1,d nanirnirAn,.s tr,r1rrn

XXTITH an automobile show on, a
w thousand ministers in town
for their annual state convention
and the legislature assembled for
its regular session, Columbus is a.
busy, crowded, discursive place.
A glance at the program suggests
that the ministers are interested in
matters political, as well as matters
religious. Among other things, they
will consider the limitation of arma-
ments, trade unionism, the right of
free assembly and the need for a
new definition of the Monroe doc
trine.
Whatever else may be said of it,
the pulpit has become a force to be
reckoned with in most secular prob
lens Not pausing to argue
whether this is good for the state,
I am old-fashioned enough to doubt
that it is good for the church.
Clergymen are citizens y and
should not be denied their rights
as such, but the glory of their call
ing has always appealed to me as
lying in its inspirational possible
ties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22
Blow Hot, Blow Cold

rs it not strange that people who
Il set as much store by steadiness
as we do in all other activities, who
insist that the machinery be kept
running, who go in so strong for
schedules, time-clocks and adding
machines, should believe that any
good can come from this blow-hot-
blow-cold method of administering
justice2
If one did not realize that we are
making progress in the protection
of personal rights, especially those
which have to do with life and the
pursuit of happiness through
science and machinery, the prospect
would be discouraging.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22
RY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

CTYLES in children's wearing
~ apparel have changed as greatly
in recent years as have those of
their mothers.
Many women believe it is OF i'm
portance to have the child wear
short socks in the winter to harden
1t against the climate; others
bundle the child in layer after layer
of wrappings so that it can hardly
eyaporate any perspiration from it's
body.
DR.. Julius Hess has given special
consideration to this subject in a
recent issue of Hygeia. He points
out the following:
Clothing should be comfortable
to the child, not too tight or too
loose, and should not endanger good
posture by improper fitting. Chill
dren should be active and their
clothing should be such that they
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22

NEANY alienists appear in the de-
4'A Tense of George Harsh, now on
trial at Atlanta, charged with MUIR
der during a holdup and they give
some fifty reasons why Harsh was
not mentally responsible.
All of which proves that HarSh'S
father has the mazuma.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22
Common Bridge Errors
AND HOW TO CORRECT THEM
BY W. W. WENTWORTH

tration, for if Declarer's finesse
loses and opponents lead q trump,
the losing heart can still be ruffed
in Dummy and game be assured.
The Principle-Finesse trumpS il
necessary, when holding sufficient
trumps in Dummy to continue
ruffing even if finesse loses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22
Reason

Japan pats Senator Borah on the
- back for ratification of the KEEL
1ogg treaty, then asks him to defeat
the cruiser bill, so the United States
may gain the moral leadership of
the world.
That would be perfectly grand.
China has had the moral leadership
of the Orient for years and you
know what the rest of the world
has done to China.
Great jokerS, these japanese!
n
Charles M. Schwab, chairman of
the Bethlehem Steel Corporation,
and dominant in some twenty five
other great corporations, is going to
take a rest from his labors, being
all tired out, handling profits.
The farmers of the country know
exactly how he feels.
1t cost more than 100000 to
run Harvard University during 1923
and judging from some of its out
put, it was a ruthless waste of
money.
New York rapidly is forging
ahead of Chicago in the bandit
business, 100000 worth of diamonds
and bust of Alexander Hamilton
being stolen in one day.
Grover Whalen, new head of the
New York police force, should nail
down the Goddess of Liberty.
r r. n
Just as we put a tax on gas to
maintain the highways, it might
be a good idea to put a tax on boot
leg liquor to maintain the prohibi-
ton department.
This senatorial debate of the fit
ness of Roy o. West to be secretary
of the interior causes one to ask
again why President Coolidge had
to appoint one of Mr.. insults old
comrades to this position, so vital
to the utility interests, when the
country is full of capable men, free
from all suspicious connections.
y
Florida is trying to sell a white
alligator to the geological society Of
London for $4,000.
While it is the first white alliga-
tor Florida ever produced, she has
turned out and sold countless white
elephants to the people of the
United States.
4
Other sections of the earth have
their commissions, but whenever a
real man-eating earthquake starts
out he goes to China, where the
business is.
Mr.. Hoover's declaration that he
viii adopt the aim Of Mr.. Coolidge
should be a very solemn warning to
the clay pigeons of the United
States.
Did Walter Camp select an all
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22
Obscene Censors

The censors are at it again. This time the book
is a novel by a reputable English writer, Miss Rad
clyffe Hall. The theme of 1.-THE Well of Loneliness"
is so-caled inversion.
John S. Sumner, secretary of the New York So
ciety for the Suppression of Vice. accompanied police
in a spectacular raid on the publishing house and
confiscated the entire edition. Thanks to Sumner,
the book has been given columns OF free first page
press publicity. Doubtless this vice hunters charge
of obscenity will create ourishing bootleg sale for
an otherwise obscure book
If Summer were not so entirely lacking in hunlor,
he would be suspected advertising agent skilled
in increasing circulation of such books.
we have not read this novel, and have no par
ticuIar interest in it. But willing to accept
the word of forty leading British authors
Shaw Wells Galsworthy, Havelock Ellis and Bennett
that it is serious and legitimate literary product.
Pornography is common product 1t is produced
however often by certain types of readers than
by writer's There is plenty of smut even in the Bible
for readers with unclean minds who wish to put it
there.
Certainly there is social problem of physical sex
abnormality We are inclined to believe, however
that wider and therefore serious social prob
lem is the mental abnormaty of the Summers, whose
Joy is in sniing obscenty which does not exist out
side their minds.
Censorship is evil thing anywhere and st any
time. But it is at its worst in the hands of the
Summers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22
This Date in
u. S. History

Jan. %
1876 Congress set present national
election day.
1a54-Stephen A. Douglas intro
duced the Kansas-NebraSka
bill.
la98-United States feet assembled
at Key West prior to the
Pam American war.
HAILY THOUGHT
Turn not to the right hand nor
to the left: remove thy foot from
eviI.--Prov. 4:27.
TT is prudence that first forsakes
u the Wretched Ovid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22

Ideas an d
opinions en-
pressed In this
colu N n are
those Of one
Of Americas
most interest
ing writers
and are pre-
scented with
out regard 70
their agree
ment with the
editorial atti-
tude Of this
paper.
The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22

Did Walter Camp select an all
star football team in 1925?
He died March "a, 1925, and. Of
course, did not select any s.ll-Aner-
lea football team that year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22

The Bidding South bids one
spade and all pass.
Deciding the Play-West leads
3 of hearts and Dummy takes with
king of hearts. Declarer now leads
7 of spades. Should he finesse?
The Error-Declarer takes with
ace of spades or king Of spades.
The Correct Method-Declarer
has one losing heart. In this illus
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22

New York Is experimenting with an electric eye
which sees and controls traffic. Many of the cops
have been using worse eye than that for years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22

Don't cross any bridge partners until they trump
your aces.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-22

Mr.. Hoover's declaration that he
will adopt the aim Of Mr.. Coolidge
should be a very solemn warning to
the clay pigeons of the United
States.