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The Washington times., 1929-11-21
O'RYAN GOES ABROAD

NEW YORK, Nov. 81 Q.N.So.-I
Major General John F. Organ,
wartime com mande er Of the
Twenty-Seventh Division, an d
Brig. Gen. j. Leslie Kincaid, were
bound for Europe today to COM
plete arrangements for the union
of the division and its affiliated
examinations.
The Washington times., 1929-11-21
CLINIC FOR cRIPPLEs

MARTINsBURG, W. Va, Nov.
21.-A diagnostic clinic for Grip
pied children will be held at
Kings Daughters Hospital on De
cember IA. Children from Grant,
Pendleton, Hardy, Morgan, JEFF
ferson and Berkeley counties viii
be brought here for treatment.
The Washington times., 1929-11-21

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-24
REASON By Ff aaSBTs

TIME people of Kentucky should not be blamed
l. because their Governor just has been indicted
for unlawfully receiving gifts from companies which
seek to get contracts to furnish school books
We never think of abusing the depositors when
bank president goes wrong yet we proceed to rdcue
whole state when it deposits its faith in Governor
and he falls by the wayside.
There have been CHASTITY casualties among Amer
lean Governors these last twelve years, the chief
executives OF Alabama Mississippi, Texas Oklahoma
Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa. Illinois, Indiana and Ken
lucky having been indicated.
1t is no wonder parents longer name their
babies after Governors
Mary Garden, the opera singer, personally dedi-
Gated square in Monte Carlo which was named
after her, which reminds that the late Chauncey
NJ. Depew built and unveiled his own monument at
his birthplace Peekskil, N. Y.
1t is really the only way that one can make
the job will be done and done right.
A MBASSADOR MORROW'S family is paying for
N the honor of having Lindbergh for son-in-law
by worry of the time for fear their daughters
present fight will be her last.
These acts of violence in North Carolina prove
once more that Dixie is not good place for the for
eign leader.
You will recall that some years ago the people
Of New Orleans lynched nine or ten Italian members
Oh Siiia Malta
Regardless of the merits of this naval controversy
it makes Americans west Of the AleghenieS tired
to see these New York leaders always leap to their
feet and champion the position of Great Britain.
The poverty of Truly Shattuck once famous
actress, arrested then released, for lifting dress
from Chicago store gives view of the prodigal
ways of state stars
They make good money, but few of them save it.
A RUMANIAN scientist thinks that he has per-
N fected rocket by which it will be possible to
shoot people the Atlantic ocean in thirty min
uteS.
What an ideal way for US to get rid of some of
our undesirable foreigners!
Judges Gemmn and Klawkowski of Chicago de-
serve somebody's thanks for their refusal to recognize
these fraudulent short-order divorces obtained by
Americans in Mexico by the correspondence method.
and other judges should follow their example.
As we listened to President Hoover the radio
the other night, the thought came to that Abra-
ham Lincoln might have been able to prevent the
Civil war had the radio been with then and the
Rail Splitter been able to assure the south that he
intended to observe its rights under the Constitution
However, slavery one of those rights and
slavery had to CO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-24
Too Many Mothers Die

Why has this country the highest death rate for
mothers of any civilized nation?
Figures just announced by the American Associa-
ton of Obsetrcians show that the chief for
high rate are lack of care, poor home conditions
and i'll health
But surely the people of this country do not live
abject poverty than the people Of England,
Scotland Italy the Scandinavian countries and the
Netherlands where the maternity death rate is only
from half 20 one-third Of rate.
What is responsible for the difference?
One possible answer suggests itself. In the Euro
pean countries it is fairly easy for poor people
to learn how to regulate the birth rate in their
families.
1t is possible that the lower death rates there
that greater percentage of the children born are
wanted" rather than "unwanted," children. Par
ents of wanted children usually have sufficient
to secure adequate for the mother, or have ia
miliarized themselves with the public health clinics
maintained in all civilized countries.
In the United States such information is hard to
get. 1t reaches only limited class Those to whom
it would be Of most benefit seldom obtain it.
So thousands of babies born where there are
poor home conditions, i'll health and lack of care.
And the death rate for mothers mounts
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-24
Gentlemen Judges

Senator vandenberg. of Michigan has introduced
a bill providing in effect that federal judge whose
judicial acts are criticised not henceforth hail
his critic before him and act as prosecutor well
as judge and jury.
The bill provides that such cases shall be tried
before another judge than the criticised This,
OF course is simply the rule by which judges who are
gentlemen already are bound.
Vandenberg was moved to introduce the bill by
the treatment recently given Editor Louis B. Settler
and Chief Editorial Writer Carlton Matson of the
Cleveland Press a Scripps- Howard newspaper, when
they edtorally criticised injunction issued by
Ohio judge and sentenced by him to thirty days
in jail
This case was the more striking because the in
junction clearly against the public interest being
issued to prevent a county sheriff from enforcing
the law
The Vandenberg bill should pass
But it Will eliminate only fraction of the danger
which citizens in voicing legitimate criticism
of judicial acts It will apply only to federal courts.
1t would not have prevented the Cleveland case, for
instance, since that occurred in a state court.
Similar bills should be introduced in state legisla-
lures Fair play should be given to honest critics Of
state courts we'll as to those of federal courts
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-24
The Ignorance of Mr.. Schwab

Charles M Schwab, chairman of Bethlehem Steel
was called years ago in the armor plate mvesV-
gation-and didn't know anything about it. Charles
NJ Schwab was called in the senate investigation OF
conditions of feudalism and terrorism in his coal
mines in Pennsylvania-and didn't know anything
about it.
The same Charles NJ Schwab has been called by
the senate committee investigating his companys
secret paid propaganda agent, Shearer-and he
doesn't know anything about it.
MI. schwabs record of ignorance of the pernicious
activities of his companies is consistent and colossal
There may be people who do not believe Mr.
schwabs aIbis. We DO not want to take that posi-
ton even though we find his sanctmonous and tear
full conduct on the witness stand rather disaseful
We would like to bcieve that. as leader Of Amer
lean industry he has no direct responsibility for the
sins of his companies
OF course he can not escape indirect responsibility
At best he is guilty of negligence which amounts al
most to criminal negligence in the case of Shearers
employment at Geneva.
We would like to believe this armament makers
testimony that he favors IAN arrangement by which
all battleshps should be sunk" and that his COM
pany's employment of Shearer a violation OF
his policy.
But it must occur to clever like Mr.. Schwab
that he will be Judged by his fellow citizens. not by
the patriotic words which roll so easily from his lips
everr time ne is investigated, but by his deeds.
His deeds are difficult to reconcile with his louA
-rofessions of virtue.
When he was informed by the press that Shearer
vas reported to be in his employ why did he not
investigate and end the relationship?
When the matter became such public scandal
that he had to speak his assistant President Grace
why did he not see that something done about It,
He had to admit on the stand Saturday, What action
ne Grace took can not tell you"
When he discovered that Shearer was employed
not by a company underling but by vice-President
Wakeman did he discharge Wakeman for violating
the alleged policy of his company? He did not. Did
ne even mildly reprmand Wakeman. He did not.
When he discovered that Shearer had been sub
sidized by his company repeatedly. not only at the
Geneva arms conference which the propaganda
helped to wreck but also in the shipping lobby at
Washington did he take any action whatever to mti-
gate the evil?
Did he then warn the press that his company's
deuials of connection with Shearer we're uninten-
tionaly untruea He did not.
Did he then inform the government that Schwah
money had been used to fight the government so that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-24
The Busy Bosses

The open manner in which the politicians,
big and little discuss what they intend to do
"if the manager law is declared unconstitu-
tional," creates an unfortunate situation in
view of the fact that the supreme court has
apparently found the problem so difficult as
not to be able to render an early decision.
AS the situation stands two of the judges
Of the court have gone on record as stating
that the law is constitutional So did the
Judge of lower court in which the contest
started.
The City Manager League, in distinct
contrast with the bosses, has taken the posi-
ton that the law is as technically right as it
is right in principle.
The league has shown its respect for
courts by accepting the decision of such
judges as have passed upon the question. 1t
is only the bosses and the self seekers who
persist in their plans under theory that
not only the law but every judge who has
gone on record is wrong.
The situation is not conducive to the
best in government. Uncertainty, whether
created by whispers or delayed decisions, is
never a good factor when the people are
creating a new government, and the people
of indianapolis will create new government
of some sort, few weeks hence. They Will
either establish city manager or elect new
mayor.
The persistency of the bosses and their
interest is easily understood. The slight
glimpse of what is happening in Lake county
reveals part of the picture of bosslsm. 1t
indicates why there are men who devote
themselves, exclusively, to the work of build
ing up political machines. 1t reveals the
value of party labels to these bosses.
A party machine in a city links itself with
a party machine in the state. Then steps In
federal patronage. The whole system is so
interviewer that at times it is necessary for
United States senators to write self-serving
letters denying protection to law violators,
the letters to be dragged out in the event OF
possible revelations and not given to the pub
lie at the time they were written.
Bosssm depends upon blind policemen
and crooked contracts. Bossism profits and
lives upon private use of public powers. And
it's existence depends, primarily upon
partisan city government under which cltl-
zens vote for birds or animals and not for
men.
Let it be hoped that the supreme court
will very soon be able to untangle whatever
intricacies exist in the legal status of the
city manager law.
That decision will force these bosses and
their arrants into the open.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-24

The medical profession recog-
nizes that there is need for house
hold remedies. However, the num-
Der of remedies that are usually
useful and safe is limited. Most
families have their favorite laxatives
and purgativeS. These include any
thing from the old compound pills
to castor oil or mineral oil.
The safest laxative for most
people of advanced years is min
eral OIL since it is not absorbed
by the body and acts merely me-
chanically.
There are today mixtures Of min
eral oil with other substances which
in some instances enhance its use
fulness. Epson salts, sodium phos-
phate or citrate of magneSia are still
preferred by some people.
Bicarbonate of soda is useful
for many purposes, as is also milk
of magnesia. These enter into
mouth washes, antacids and other
purposes.
Almost every family has its ia
vorite pain reliever for headaches
or mild pains associated with peri
odic disturbances.
Unfortunately, Of recent years coal
tar derivatives that are potent, and
derivatives of veronal, have begun
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-24
Aids Churches

IF it were not for this exemption,
Il many congregations would find it
difficult to maintain ediffces on the
great thoroughfafes of the metrop-
oils.
1t never has seemed to me a good
idea that such favors should be
granted to religious bodies. 1 see
no reason why the faithful should
not assume their proper response
bilitieS.
1t may be greed that most OF us
believe in some form Of religion and
that, in addition, the churches do
much charitable work which should
be encouraged.
You may say, if you please, that
a church is a house of God, set up
as haven and a refuge for all the
people. Under such a dispensation,
it could be entitled to special priyi-
leges. =,
But Bishop Stires gives small
comfort to those who would argue
for a continuation Of the present
procedure upon the broad ground
of public policy.
His position seems to be that an
Episcopal church is a private and
exclusive organization set up for the
delectation of the hereditary few.
Under these circumstances, I fail
to see why any of us should be taxed
to support a young rector in his
PRONUNCIATION Of sectional prejudices
not previously known in this COM
munity.
Indeed, the good bishop seems to
have very hazy idea Of the nature
of the controversy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-24
Bishops View
TF the policy of segregation had

VI the policy of segregation had
Il been set forth in a discreet
whisper rather than in a public an
nouncement, the bishop seems to
feel that it would have been all
right. Almost he appears to say
that one maybe mean-spirited and
cruel if only decorum and flnesse
are employed in the proceeding.
Old echoes are awakened by the
bishops remark that he is not
obliged to do anything because the
matter has not come to him through
official channels"
So it was in the famous story of
the Samaritan and the stricken
traveller. Many there were who
passed by on the other side. 1t was
not their business. Nobody had
brought the matter to their atten-
ton through official channels.
And in somewhat the same man
ner the good bishop smugly de-
clares that it would be wrong for
him to express an opinion and take
sides.
But if he is following another
gospel tradition Of neutrality, he
really ought first to call for water
and wash his hands.
Copyright. 1929. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-24
Highways

TINE highway problem Is receiv-
ing considerable attention from
the association. It's desire Is to
build a thoroughly modern co-or-
dinated system in the region.
"Under direction of committee
on highways of the plan associa-
ton. which includes federal, state,
county and municipal officials, there
first was compiled composite map
showing the paved highways and
those expected to be paved by every
state and county in the region,
Burnham says.
1.-THE second step was to connect
these routes, which are proposed to
be paved, at state and county lines
where they do not now connect.
1.-THE third step was to bring city
and village officials into touch with
the county and state officials so that
they might coordinate their street
plans to fit the county and state
highway plans"
Parks also are receiving much at
tention from the association, Tor
medical authorities have pointed out
the necessity of adequate parks as
a contribution to public health.
There now are in the region OF
Chicago about $4,000 acres Of state,
county and city parks and play
grounds" Burnham says.
1.-THE objective for 1850 which has
been set by the park authorities is
a minimum of 100000 acres"
The association also is paying
great attention to coming measures
as a mears of safeguarding residen-
tial neighborhoods.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-24
.HE Rev. william S. Blackshear

TINE Rev. William S. Blackshear
Il of st. Matthews Episcopal
church and Bishop Stires of the
Long Island diocese hardly have
helped matters much by contribut-
ing a clerical version of 1.-THE Pub
lie Be Damned" to the controversy
about the ban on Negroes.
In commenting on the protest OF
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
Bishop Stires is quoted as saying:
mo organization outside the church
has the right to call upon a bishop
to rebuke one of his clergy"
can see no justification for this
arrogant attitude. The bishop may
see himself as chairman Of the
house committee and st. Matthew'S
as a pleasant country club, but
there is one obstacle in the way of
this Interpretation.
After all, we, the citizens of this
community, contribute to the sup
port of st. Matthew's-and in a
tangible way.
Separation of church and state
never has been made an actuallty
in America. Church property is tax
exempt, which means that the share
of public expense which would be
borne by parishioners is shifted to
the shoulders of us all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-24
Get Doctors Advice on Medicine Chest

to find a place in the medical chest
and most physicians are convinced
that it is dangerous to take these
things habitually.
There used to be q call for tonicS,
but it is recognized today that the
best tonic is good diet, outdoor air,
suitable exercises and plenty of rest
Vitamin preparations are beginning
to take the place of the old-time
tOflicS.
When it comes to sleeplessnesS,
the safest remedy is a warm drink
and a warm bath before going to
bed.
Every one has his favorite mouth
wash, tooth paste and gargle. 1t is
doubtful that the mouth wash, tooth
paste or gargle kill germs, but it
may make the congested and swollen
tissues feel better by protecting
them and by washing away the
secretionS from the surface.
The wiseSt thing for every family
to do is to go through the medicine
chest at least every three months
with the intention of throwing away
things that are not constantly used.
The things that are used constantly
should be listed and the family ply
sician should be asked to give his
opinion as to ''-~'r merits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-24
ThAY Won't Tell

DOOTLEGGING in the nations
- capital may be matter of COM
mon knowledge, as Senator Howell
suggests, but those who possess it
display great reluctance in sharing
it, especially with the authorities.
When you get right down to brass
tacks that is really what ails prohi-
bition.
Too many people know things that
they don't dare to tell, except in a
most general way.
Glad enough to declare how prev
alent bootlegging is, they grow sud-
denly dumb when it comes to CIV
ing names. or street numbers.
just another phase of the lying
which has grown up around this no.
BILE experiment.
There is a lot of lying in this good
day and generation which can not
be traced to the Volstead act or
eighteenth amendment.
Even in court, where witnesses
are sworn to tell "the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth" there often is a surprising
difference between what they admit
and what actually occurred.
Technically has become the yard
stick by which we measure what
is true.
Judges have declared that large
percentage of divorce cases hinge on
perjury, not only as to evidence, but
as to the formal complaints drawn
up by counsel.
Bookkeeping often is of great ad-
vantage for what it conceals.
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the matter is presented through OF
fetal channels, we would be wrong
in expressing an opinion.
personally, I have the greatest
affection and a warm paternal feel
ing for our colored brethren"
Bishop Stires missed only one
trick. He forgot to say how much
he loved his old black nanny.
The Rev. William S. Blackshear
also hastened to inform the report
ers that he was the friend of the
Negro race. And, of course, he ex-
planned that he understood the
Negro, since he had lived in the
south before he went to Harvard
and to oxford.
But if both these gentlemen have
so much affection for the "colored
brethren" I wonder why they dis
semble their love. The paternal
feeling seems to be expressed in
kicking him downstairs.
Yet mostly deplore the astigma-
tism of the venerable bishop in his
conception of the nature OF the
complaint. He discusses it in terms
of tactfulnesS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-24
Credit to Shearer

1T develops that though Samuel
L Wakeman, vice-president OF the
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company,
employed William B. Shearer to act
as an observer" at the Geneva
conference, and though he was actu-
ally paid more than $4,000, the rec
ords in Mr.. Wakeman'S Office do not
reveal any such transaction.
Chances are that the transaction
would have gone unnoticed had not
Mr.. Shearer sued the Bethlehem
and two other shipbuilding compa-
MES for large sum of money which
ne claims to be due under the orig
inal agreement.
Whatever else may be said of his
activities, Mr.. Shearer deserves
some credit for giving the affair such
publicity as to make its concealment
impossible.
But for the course he took, 1t
would have gone down in history
as just another contribution" to
something or other.
Undoubtedly, the elaborate system
of laws, regulations, and records
which we have developed, spells
progress.
Undoubtedly, we would experience
great difficulty in going back to the
simple ways of our forefathers.
Undoubtedly, more or less hair
splitting goes with civilized COM
merce, justice and politics
At the same time, the system
seems to involve some risk.
When people arrive at a point
where lying is not lying, except I'M
der certain circumstances, where
burglary is not burglary, unless the
criminal goes through certain mo-
lions, and where money actually re-
ceived is not income, unless it falls
under certain head, we find quite
problem in telling our children
what the word truth means.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-24

TechRicdlity Hos B G com G
Yardstick By Which We
Measure What Is Truth and
What Is Not.
SAYS:

TTARRY F. SINCLAIR says that
Il he is not i'll, but prosecuted,
and that he asked for a pardon not
to save himself or his stockholders,
but to spare an unjust government
remorSe in the future.
He violated no law, he saws. in
having the jury watched, but mere
ly emulated the department of JUS
tice, and was held in contempt of
court for what he considers a legiti-
mate practice.
There is just enough truth in this
declaration to make it seem plausi-
bic and just enough sophistry to de-
stroy its effect.
Obviously, Mr.. Sinclair does not
think he did anything wrong.
What is even more curious, he
seems to be unimpressed by the
fact that most people think differ
emily.
Opinions are not only interesting,
but convenient.
Senator Howell is of the opinion
that Washington is all wet, but
that President Hoover could make
it dry.
resident Hoover is of the opinion
that Senator Howell would not make
such statement without specific in
formation as to time and place"
All of which having been spread
on the public record, we are no wiser
than we were before.