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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08
UnboWed, Not Bloody

HEBS is dragged in as an ideal
~ and not an analogy. I am not
privileged to point to any record of
my own high courage under pres
sure. Twice l lost a job because l
wouldn't keep my mouth shut when
l thought it ought to be open But
1t was the same job and after the
crash came l got a better one. There
was no martyrdom in that.
sNor is my record clear OF dis
position 10 go whooping off with the
majority. In 1914 most OF us swal-
lowed atrocity stories which were
not true and went in for a general
spree OF hating which now leaves
us ashamed.
Even before America entered the
war got into a subway argument
with German and reached
through the window and dubbed
MIN on the head with newspaper
Il was a Sunday newspaper and
might nave hurt the man severely
with This dull blunt instrument.
II ne Is still here and remembers
the incident l tender my apologies.
But 10 get down to more recent
history it takes no particular cour-
age 70 confess an opposition to
prohibition. In my opinion the drys
are III the majority throughout the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08
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VERMONT DENIED
April S

ON April g, TIT, Vermont ate
~ tempted to join the American
colonies as the fourteenth state. but
its petition was denied.
Few states have had a lengthler
or more colorfuI struggle for recog+
milton than this rocky pioneer, Ver~
mont. Originally, the territory was
claimed by New York, but on Jan.
Is, TIT, the settlers in the land met
in formal convention and declared
their independence.
1t was New York's opposition TO
the recognition of Vermont as a
separate state which influenced
Congress against it.
New York was already power
tut member OF the Colonial group
and Vermont represented only a
handful of earnest pioneers who
wanted to go beyond the original
Colonial plan in their search for
liberty.
The incident is significant because
it shows that at this early date
there were two groups Of cOlonists.
One who wanted only independ-
ence from Great Britain and group
which was looking for independence
from one OF the colonies themselves.
Vermont was not admitted to the
Union until fourteen years after its
original request, and until after it
had been forced to threaten an al
lance with Great Britain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08
HEALTH SUPERSTITIONS-No. Is
Some Think Appendicitis Is Invented
Talbur't

crawled into the opening and
blocked it.
Actually these things are very
rarely the cause Of appendicitis.
Gases occasionally do occur but 50
infrequently that they are now the
basis of special mention among
physicians.
In most instances the appendix
has become infected with ordinary
pus-forming bacteria, its walls
freak down, matter forms, the per-
son develops fever and all of the
other symptoms that have been
mentioned, and some physician
who knows how. diagnoses the dis
ease and saves the persons life.
In the vast majority of cases it is
not the doctor who diagnoses the
disease who does the operation
that is usually a surgeon who is
called in by the man who has made
the diagnosis.
Unquestionably great good would
be accomplished if more cases
were diagnosed earlier and if opera
tons were done before the appen-
dix filled with matter had a chance
to burst and spread the infection
throughout the abdomen.
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came to the conclusion that the
appendix, which is a little tube
closed at one end and coming off
the large intestine, was likely to
become infected and to set up these
symptoms quite frequently.
Just as soon as he and others
definitely described the condition
and made clear the nature of the
most important symptoms; namely,
fever, vomiting. pain on pressure
over the appendix, rigidity of the
abdomen, and an increase in the
number Of white cells in the blood,
the condition began to be diagnosed
more frequently.
Operations we're performed
promptly and lives were saved that
might otherwise have been lost.
Moreover, many people were saved
months and months of pain and dis
turbance diagnosed as indigestion or
by some other vague term.
Gradually other superstitions be-
gan to be associated with this con-
dition. 1t became noised about that
appendicitis was due to eating grape
seeds which would lodge in the ap-
pendix and block its opening, that
it might be due to worms which
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08
HIGHER Education and the Negro.

Tendency toward specialized higher education SO
pronounced among our colleges and universities IN
recent years. has reached the Negro.
Three Negro colleges in Atlanta-Atlanta unlVer-
sitv. Morehouse college and Spelman colege-are to
combine in plan which its sponsors hope will result
in making Atlanta the United States center OF Negro
higher education.
Atlanta university is to discontinue Undergraduate
work entirely as soon its present college classes are
completed and beginning next fall specialize IN grad
nate and professional training This is the same plan
contemplated by Johns Hopkins university in Baltl-
more and the one carried for many years by CLARK
university in Massachusetts, but it is novel among
Negro institutions,
1t will add to the Self-respect and the advancement
of that race to have trained its own higher educators
its specialists and professional men. in its own nSti-
tutons Some are so trained now. but not to the
extent possible under the new plan
In 1917 according to the United States depart
r,ent OF education only 2lOO Negroes we're being
trained in thirty-one colleges, while in 1928 there
were 1850 students in seventy-seyen colleges In
come and endowment OF such institutions have in
creased approximately three times IN The ten years
and are growing at an ever-faster pace.
The determination OF Negroes toward higher train
ing to serve their own is a splendid sign.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08

THERE is nothing in the whole
u wide world to match New
York's skyline, provided one is far
enough away to see it in perspective.
On the subway at $50 in the
afternoon, it does not look so good.
On the subway at $50, one is in
clined to agree. with the noted
architec,, Thomas Hastings, who
would limit the height of all build
lngs in New York to eight stories,
and who wishes such a limit had
been fixed thirty years ago.
Most people will not agree with
Mr.. Hastings, because most people
prefer something to look at.
Mr.. Hastings, however, speaks
with the wisdom of experience, and
for "the people" rating than art"
as he himself explains.
A city does not have to be USE
less in order to be beautiful or ugly
in order to be useful. Neither do
skyscrapers play such Van in
diSpensable part in the life of New
York as many will imagine.
AS Mr.. Hastings points out, the
average height of buildings on Man
haitian Island is about four stories,
while only 3 per cent are over ten.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08
S0UeIChjng a Revolt

TLUCIDATING the Mexican
T. fracas for the benefit of the
foreign policy association last Sat-
Urday. one speaker described it as
military rifle" another said that
it was an honest protest against
tyranny" and a third thought this
country to blame, no matter what
it was.
Interesting, no doubt, but why
worry. since it seems fated for a
quick and tragic denouement.
Whether the revolving generals
regarded themselves in the light of
profits or prof1teers at the outset,
they doubtless have come to the
conclusion that the most desirable
quality right now is speed and
whether they sought the border as
a source Of arms and supplies four
weeks ago. they probably look on
it today as a most convenient haven
fo1 the pursued.
Putting that aside. the outstand-
ing factor OF this particular up
heaval is the efficiency and dispatch
with which General Gales has
squelched it.
Say what you will, but that fur
nishes indisputable proof of prog
ress. Mexico not only has devel-
oped a good army. but a leadership
that is capable of handling it. and
a national consciousness that is
ready to back it up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08
The Case of Mrs, Gam

| CENATOR NORRIS is right.
~ Where Mrs. Gam shall sit has
become the burning Issue.
No one seems to give a whoop
as to where Mr.. Gam shall sit, but
the chances are that he doesn't
mind. The chances are that he has
accustomed himself to playing third
fiddle by this time.
1t would not matter anyway.
When wife's social status is at
hazard there is no time to think
of men"
BY the time -honored biblical rule,
the wife is supposed to "cleave unto"
her husband, but the rule was writ
ten long before wife's brother
could become Vice-President of the
United States.
In this day of democracy and
emancipated Womanhood. we must
be careful to see that the dinner
line forms in strict harmony with
the official rank. 1t would cOnsti-
tute nothing less than a national
disaster for some lady to get into
the wrong chair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08
Hoover On Tax Reform

Not content with instituting a new conservation
policy. reforming press relations, promptly handing
the Mexican situation starting cleanup OF southern
patronage. improving the Indian service perSoiliie
and vigorously tacking sundry other federal problems
in his first month OF Office President Hoover Is think
ing OF tax reform Already he has reformed tax re-
fund secrecy Now he says he is contemplating as
soon as practicable a tax cut on earned income
The President wants to shift more OF the tax loao
from the back OF the average man to the rich man
II is nluch-needed reform. 1t will benefit directly
the rank and file 1t will less drudgery ol the
mother more education tor the children, vacation
and larger insurance policy Tor the father 1t VIII put
more money in circulation and increase business
prosperity
But Hoover appears to know that the best OF re-
forms must applied cautiously. Quick and unwlse
tax reductions have been the easy methoo OF
denagogic politicians seeking popular favor states
man weighs one gain against another, weighs the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08

air from the oceans toward the land in summer and
from the land toward the ocean in winter
We come now to the cratic variations which take
place within the general circulation already described
These are grouped under the heads OF cyclones and
anti-cycloneS
Perhaps it might be we'll to begin by telling what a
cyclone is not.
The term cyclone must not be used fol- tornado,
hurricane. whirlwind, typhoon. All these terms
refer to violent and sharply localized storms which do
vast damages.
A cyclone is a low pressure area with its attendant
system of winds A cyclone may be 1000 miles or
in diameter
An anti-cycone is a high pressure area.
Air flows from a high pressure area INTO a. low
pressure area just as water down hill
But already explained, due to the earths rota-
ton the flow of air in the northern hemisphere Will
always be devated to the right.
The result is that at the same time the air flows
into the low pressure it experiences this tendency
to change its direction
We find, therefore. tendency for the all to form
large eddes. The tendency is for air to circulate
clockwSe that is in the direction which the hands OF
a clock move around high pressure
On the other hand. the air flows into a low pres
the tendency for the air to rotate coun
ter-clockwlse
Due to the fact that there is a continual interplay
between parts of the atmosphere, there is always a
shifting and changing OF f:rces
Consequently high and low pressure areas as a
rule do not remain in any place for any length
of time.
The chief duty of the weather forecaster we
shall see is to predict the motions OF the cyclones and
anti-cycloneS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08
Serve Until Cured

ITO be sure it is necessary to con-
j. fine thoroughly anti-Social peo-
pie. With knowledge at its present
level a life sentence may be the best
that We can do in certain eases.
But it is folly to make any jail a
place of punishment instead OF q
curative establishment.
I know it is considered maWkish
and sentimental, and perhaps un-
American, to say it. bat criminals
are sick people and they should be
nursed back to health even if they're
coddled.
There is tragic irony in calling
institutions for juvenile delinquents
reformatories. Look over the case
history of any habitual offender and
you are likely to find that he is
graduate Of one of these crime
schools.
Put youngster behind bars and
send him out with jail training and
you have fitted him for jail and
nothing else.
Copyright 1929. for The Times,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08
Ro0SeVeIt'S Veto

GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT has
~ vetoed one of his pet bills. 1t
was for a commission to study the
states judicial system, with a view
to discovering faults and recon-
mending improvements.
What the Governor wanted was a
mixed" commission, composed
partly of experts who would have
the necessary technical knowledge,
and partly of laymen who would
have the public interest mainly in
mind.
What he got was a commission of
seven lawyers-four to be named by
the legislature and three by himself
and that, of course, threatened
little less than to stultify the real
purpose.
Such commission would be a
fraud upon the public" declared the
Governor in his veto message. In
all probability, it would be inter-
ested only in strictly legal and tech
meal phases of judicial administra-
ton rather than broad general ques-
tons of policy and fundamentals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08
IT SEEMS TO ME By H 5To1H

ity. We built the school, the tene-
ment. the economic structure from
which the criminal came and we
are fools to think that we can dodge
all responsibility and settle any
thing in an important way by clap
ping the individual into prison OIL
sending him to the chair.
1t may we'll be that practically
all crime comes from poverty. In
stead Of arming against crime, we
should arm against poverty. In fact,
whenever we send some offender to
prison it might be a good idea to
send along two respectable citizens
to share his fate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08
KIDNAPPING a Strike

THOSE bright business men of
Il EIizabethton Tenn. who set
out to save the town. if not the
nation. by kidnapping a couple of
labor leaders. probably wish they
hadn't.
One finds it easy to Understand
how they reasoned the thing; how
they persuaded themselves that
home folks would not strike. no
matter how low the wage scale I'M
less egged on by outsiders: how It
was obviously some patriots task
to see that outsiders did not get in
or run them away if they did, and
how. after more or less prayerful
cogitation. they decided to immediate
themselves on the altar.
Queer how perfectly decent peo-
pie will fall for a perfectly absurd
idea when they get excited. espe-
cially about something which is
none of their business. and how
much worse they can make a stu
alton which they imagined they
were going to improve
Whether ORGANIZED labor had a
chance to gain strong toothold
in Elizabethton before. it has a
splendid one now.
But for certain academic prin-
ciples involved. the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and the Textile
Wokers' Union could we'll afford to
give those business men a vote OF
thanks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08

I'D ENG against everything Amer
~ lean seems to be your special
ty,' writes 1. It. G. And since I've
seen this same assertion in some
other letters I might as we'll make
answer now.
I would like to answer in the
same spirit which animated an
American writer named Barton
Blake in tine early days Of the war.
He was lunching at the Harvard
Club in New York when man
came to his table gathering sigma
lures for a document. Every sigma
tory pledged himself never again to
buy German goods or meet any
German in friendship.
Il wont sign that said Blake.
You're the only man III the room
who's refused" objected the man.
And Blake locked up and an
swered. Since when has it been
dishonorable for a Harvard man TO
be in q minority?"
There is no American tradition
which provides that patriotism shall
consist of a complete adherence 20
things as they are. And some good
citizens have gone so far as to re-
nounce the noXious motto of My
country. right or wrong"
In the school books of a hundred
years from now I feel certain that
mention viii be made Of Eugtre
Debs, who stood out against the
war. Who can tell whether the
BOOKS will say that Debs was right
or wrong?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08

The name end ADDRESS OF the autnor
must accompany every contribution. but
on fe0ueSt will not be published. Let
tiers not exceeding 200 words will receive
preference.
Editor The Times--A glorified
banquet of bran and buns" is tend
cred in confirmation and approval
of contempt of the supreme court
of Indiana. Every man and woman
who participates in this festive orgy
is asserting to and approving and
clarifying the principle in the con-
tempt of the supreme court.
Law as law and constituted au-
thority as authority of law should
be so well impressed upon the con-
science of our citizens that any dis
respect for law and authority under
the law should be abhorrent to dis
tasteful.
I am no defender of the sale of
liquor. Its course, like the trail Of
the serpent. has broken down NOR
ais. health and character and has
ruined everything and everyone it
has touched But let the prohibi-
tors go at law enforcement in a dig
nifled manner. Don't beslime and
defame the greatest God We have
in Indiana-"Constituted Legal
Authority" 1t is more of a God
than all the silly forms and pratt
thing hymns of any sect o. jealous
religionists, and the integrity of
the courts must be maintained.
LUX EFT VERITAS."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08
Carl Lieber
step aside

To the vast army of personal friends. the sudden
passing OF Carl Lieber viii bring the shock OF PER
sonal i0SS
To the city at large, which has known nm lot
two generations through his public Contributions 1t
will mean real loss to the movements Tor oetter
and finer things in life
Few others gave as much to the culture OF the
city Loving and beautiful, he was ever ready to
foster and encourage any enterprise which made for
beauty OF life.
In q dav when commerciaIism dominates there
are too few who recognize the greater values. Carl
rjeber was one of these The city will miss and
mourn him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08

ton of the at
moSpnere caused
by the difference
in temperature
b G t " e en- h e
equator and the
Q arth S poles.
This further is
c complicated by
the difference in
h c a t ABSORPTION
b c t " { en- t h e
c o n in c II t a |
masses and the
oceans.
This difference
Sin temperature.
as we have seen.
causes a flow OF
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08
BY DR.. MORRIS FIsHBETN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia, and
Health Magazine.

Health Magazine.
A SURPRISINGLY large number
L n of people believe that appendi-
citiS did not exist until about ten
years ago. They believe that the
disease was invented by the doctors
for the sole purpose Of making
money.
AS far back as the history Of
medicine extends, human beings
have had symptoms like those OF
modern appendicitis. They were
called Inflammation Of the bowels,
peritonitis, perityphlitis and SIM
liar names.
An American physician named
Reginald Heber Fitz, who was born
in Chelsea, Mass. May 5, 1843, was
the first to describe appendicitis as
a definite disease, which had eX-
listed for many centuries.
He had made postmortem eX-
aminations of bodies of persons who
had died with these symptoms CT
Inflammation of the bowels and in
lection in the abdomen, and he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08
David Dietz on Science
Cyclones, AnticycL0neS
No. 324

1.-TWO terms occur frequently in the science of the
L weather or meteorology. They are cyclone and
ancyclone. These terms applied to describe the
changes which take place within the general crclua-
ton of the atmosphere and cause the daily local
changes in the weather.
as We alreadv have seen there is general crcula-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08
Crime Punishment

CTILL less am likely to get much
- support in the contention that
the present agitation about crime
moves the community wholly in the
wrong direction. The ultimate need
is for more mercy and understand
ing.
Quick and severe punishments
never will settle the issue Gene
Debs said literally true thing in
his Canton speech. He said, LAS
long as there is a soul in Jail l am
not free"
Crime does not belong wholly to
any individual, but to the conmun-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writer's, and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this pa per.-The Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08

Their sword shall enter unto
their own heart. and their bows
shall be broken.-Psalms 37:15.
A DESIRE te~resist oppression Is
L = implanted in the nature OF