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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
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Thus, he was able to show that if
the heart throws out a certain
amount of blood at each beat and
that if the amount of blood in the
whole body represents approx
mateIy a certain amount, that in
one-half hour the heart will have
forced out all the blood available,
and that if it kept on pumping it
would have to repump the blood
that was returned to it.
AS has been stated, this seems
relatively simple. Actually at an
age which had no knowledge of the
structure of the human body, which
looked askance on dissection Of
either human beings or of animals,
the discovery came as a great reve-
lation.
A few years later an Italian
named Malpighi proved the exist
ence of what are known as capil-
laries, the very tiny spaces in vari-
GUS portions of the body which rep
resent the examinations of the ar
teries and the beginnings of the
veins, through which the blood
makes the final passake from the
artery to the vein system.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

In the first place Harvey showed
that the pulse beat takes place at
the same time as the heart beat,
He showed that the heart stopped
beating at death, and that the pulse
stopped at the same time.
The most significant things that
he showed, however, were the Facts
that when an artery was cut the
blood spurted in direction away
from the heart and that when the
veins of the arm were blocked, the
blood turned up on the side away
from the heart,
OF course, this meant that at each
beat of the heart blood was forced
out into the arteries, that it pro-
ceeded through the arteries to vari-
Gus portions of the body, and that
it was then returned by the veins
toward the heart.
With a remarkably logical mind
he then did an experiment of the
greatest Importance. He measured
The amount of blood contained in
the heart of an animal He then
killed the animal and found out
how much blood there was in the
whole body.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
Make 1t Manslaughter
CFrom the New York Telegram

CFrom telegram
The bootlegger faced the judge
Whats the charger" asked the court
Transporting liquor" replied the marshal
What kind OF liquor?"
well, Judge, it showed traces of wood alcohol"
The was sentenced the limit.
Number two on the docket was also liquor case
Again the question-'what kind of iquor?"
Hermitage IA years old, -, was the reply.
my man," said the judge, beaming rather be-
nignly on the defendant sit is very wrong to trans
port and sell liquor But if you do sell liquor, that
is the kind to sell. sentence you to day in the
custody of the courts marshal"
This incident happened in state known as one
of the nations dryest-Oklahoma.
It constitutes a rather spectacular example of
selective justice.
Whether you like it or not, New York is wet. Some
10000 speakeasies operate here That is than
one for every policeman on the force Complete dry
ing UP of this town is manifestly impossible
be not even subject to argument.
Up to now, efforts at prohibition enforcement have
been utterly aimless. The objective has been limited
to just one thng-the enforcement of prohibition
Raids have followed raids and padlocks have fol-
lowed padlocks and all have brought us nowhere.
During the years that this futile thing has been
going on there has been no attempt to classify, no
seecve effort no recognition of the most obvious of
Acts namely, that there is distinction among
speakeasies.
In the meanwhile there have grown up in this COM
munity all the abuses that ever characterized the
old time Saloon-pus To the long list of those
abuses has added the horrible contribution
ever evolved in all the lurid history of the liquor
tratfie-poson.
Low dives where criminals harbored, joints
where visitors are drugged and robbed where young
girls are llred and where minors led aStray are
with us now as they before Volstead And.
then, there are places which, despite the fact that
they breaking the law, attempt to preserve an
order of safety. both in how their places
Quoted and in what is sold.
Fully realizing that all who sell liquor are vio-
lators of the law and that all law violaorS sub
ject to punishment, the Telegram nevertheless re-
CARDS it as ridiculous to class all in the category
We believe the tine has come to apply some selec-
tive reasoning and some common to this whole
problem, to recognize that among the thousands of
places where liquor is sold there varying grades
of danger-and that the proper course for the police
is to hunt out those where the danger IS greatest.
such concentration viii not solve the prohibition
problem but 1t viii accomplish untol practical good
The most imminent danger to the greatest num-
a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
The Young Men

The city will watch with not only interest put
hope the actions and activities Of new group who
have banded themselves together under the intriguing
name of the Young Men of indianapolis.
There is a challenge in the very title, challenge
to tradition, challenge to lehargy, challenge to
self complacency and to conservatism.
The name suggests that the Members, possessed of
the vigor of youth are somewhat determined that
the dreams of youth shall not be deferred too long
by tmidity
1t is more than likely that they have become
triae impatient with viewpoints that were gained IN
the day of the horse car the kerosene lamp and the
red fiannes.
They have that same fine disregard which their
fathers showed for the man who was afraid to ride
in an automobile and as their will soon show for
those who are afraid to ride in an afrplane
Here. surely, is an organization which should be
more than worthwhile
1t is not likely to be bothered by the idea that
any advance is Impossible If determination ana sanity
find that it is desirable.
1t certainly caught something of the spirit of the
age when it put forward as of its spokesman,
Potsy Clark the Butler coach, who sends a message
over the radio on the benefits of athletic ferVor.
The same oft malgned college spirit" if carried
into civic affairs and enterprises can help to produce
victories Of many kinds
The same intense earnestness that is seen on the
side lines at a football or baseball game could master
any civic obstacle difficulty.
If there be those who barred by their years from
membership in this new group, shake their heads IN
doubt, our best advice is to watch and listen
Youth has a way of getting what it y..Dllts. 1t
only remains to be seen just what these young men
want for their city to discover what will eventually
have.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
Auto InduStry'S Future

a UTOMOBILE m a n uf acturers
IN expect to produce 100000 cars
in 1929. That is 100000 more than
they produced last year and $780,
900 more than they produced in
1927.
The automobile market is not
only increasing in this country, but
barely has been opened up abroad.
There are only about one-f1fth as
many cars in all the rest Of the
world as there are in the United
states.
Europe, with Russia left out, con-
tains twice as many people as this
country. That means that Europe
could operate as many automobiles
as we do, even if only one-half as
many people could afford them. Who
doubts that Europe can, and will,
reach such a point some day; that
instead of running 100000 auto
mobiles, as is the case now, she will
run 100000?
American manufa cturers can not
nope to sell them all, of course, but
they can hope to sell a good share.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08

TINE army airplane Question
L Mark still is in the air as I
write, having been there $50 hours,
covered more than ten thousand
miles, been refueled thirty-one times
and broken all records.
We expect all records to be
broken these days. Records are no
longer dependent on human capac-
ity or endurance. Inventiveness has
become the all-important factor in
making them. They now depend on
what men can think. That means
no limit.
The significance of the question
Marks performance lies in what it
forecasts, not in what it eclipses.
With refueling while in flight dem
onstrated as practical, we reached
a point where endurance Of ma
chinery tells the tale.
All that is needed now for men to
make nonstop flight around the
world is an engine that will stand
the strain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
Mr.. HOOVER is BACK
TIPPING THEIR HATS
BRAVERY IN SPOTS

XXTE know of no man who has
w picked finer presents off the
tree of politics than Charles E.
Hughes, for since his retirement
from the department of state,
great financial interests have stood
in line, outside his office, waiting
to retain him, and there are at least.
thousand other lawyers in New
York who could do the business
just as we'll.
Get reputation!
Il
Senator Borah broke the hearts
of the pacif1sts when he said we
would have to maintain an army
and navy, even though the nations
adopted the Kellogg treaty, outlaw
ing war, and he broke the hearts Of
the dreaners when he said every
nation was to decide the question of
self defense for itself.
Since both sides in every war
have claimed they acted in self
defense, the Kellogg treaty is only
a matter of international hat
tipping.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08

The Bidding-South opens with
one spade and all pass.
Deciding the Play-West leads
king of hearts. How should De-
clarer plan to play?
The Error-Declarer captures the
first trick with ace CT hearts and
then draws opponents trumps by
playing ace, king and queen OF
spades in that order. After that
Declarer makes ace Of diamonds,
king Of diamonds and ace of clubs
and then gives opponents the lead
by playing eight Of clubs on the
next round. Opponents proceed to
win two heart tricks and two club
tricks. Declarer captures the re-
naming tricks but sacrifices game
and excellent opportunity to score
e grand slam.
The Correct Method-Declarer
sees that game is virtually assured
and decides to try for grand slam
after capturing the first trick with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
Reason

MIR. HOOVER is back in Wash
AVA ington and for the period of
his visit will be the entire enter
tainment, putting President Cool
idge, Senator Borah, Jim Reed and
other historic spots completely in
the shade.
He will hear much information,
doubtless letting most Of it go in one
ear and out the other, for he
should be a connoisselr of apple
sauce, having heard it in almost
every land under the sun.
He will choose a cabinet of build
ers, do big things and be his own
boss.
We have visualized other Presi-
dents as wearing long coats, but we
visualize Hoover in his shirt sleeves.
Il Il
Those who think we are going
to the dogs" should read Beyeridge's
Life of Lincoln wherein he pictures
the gross immortality of the old
frontier, citing the records of pioneer
courts to prove it.
Apparently our ancestors were
much nearer to "the dogs" than we
are. at the present time.
Russia's establishment of the
seven-hour day in all public works
emphasizes the greatest tragedy OF
modern life and it is that the over
whelming majority of pleople all
over the world do work they do not
like.
The man who really likes his work,
finds greater pleasure in it than In
anything else, and gives it twelve,
fifteen, often twenty hours a day.
n
Before the Civil war the slave
holding planter sat on his pillared
portico, slipping his mint julip and
discussing the Constitution, but he
couldn't have raised 100000 to save
his life, yet this amount just has
been left to Fisk university Of Nash
vile, by James Dallas Burrus, who
was born in slavery.
n
Chicago's smoke is destroying
the bronze statues of heroes in her
parks, but this is nothing alongside
the destruction of the regulations
of our heroes by the denatured
authors of American histories.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08

Der IS unquesonably in those places Where poison
sold.
Whether liquor is poison or not is merely ques-
ton of chemistry. To find out is merely matter OF
expense Whenever the speakeasy proprietors OF
Greater New York become convinced that the police
are specializing in a war to the death on poison
liquor the custom of Analysing before sale quickly
will become an institution in this town.
The Telegram again desires to commend Com
missioner WhaIen for the prompt action already
taken in that direction and to urge that the policy
be continued un1inchingly.
It desires go further and to urge that the legis-
ature of New York state, now in session at Albany,
recognize the difference between the one who sells
poison and the one who does not, by passing legis-
latior which will define the sale of poison as sepa-
rate and an additional otfense
The statutory classification OF that offense should
be not less than manslaughter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
Government Cost

TINE American people are paying
u more than $9,0oo,oo0,o00 a year
in federal, state and municipal
taxes. That is the largest amount
ever paid by any people at any
time Even so it does not represent
the actual cost of government.
While more than $9,000,G00,000 are
collected in taxes, approximately
$12,0O0,000,O00 are being expended.
The difference is accounted for by
rents, fees and bond issues.
Expenses of the federal govern
ment have decreased since the war.
Expenses of the state and city gov
ernmentS have increased. Either
there is less Capitalization Of power
at Washington, than some would
have us believe, or we are getting
it cheap, and if we have lost our To-
cal liberties, the loss is not reflect
ed as it should be in the tax bill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
a CELL CODY
HoF AFEERENT
hEHAnNE
SPINAL

the nberS OF this nerve cell join with the bers OF an
other nerve cell.
Such joint is known technically as a synapse.
This second neuron known as central neuron is
located entirely within the spinal cord.
1t in turn joins third neuron which is known
as motor neuron. 1t tc the cells of muscle tissue
When the skin comes in contact with something
hot it stimulates the sense organ At stinlu-
lus, known to be ro-chemical in its nature
travels up the afferent neuron.
1t reaches the Snyapse and is transferred to the
central neuron At the second synapse, it is trans
ferred to the motor neuron
1t runs then to the muscle cells and when it
reaches them, it stimulates them to action.
Most reflex YER much longer than the
simplfed one described. But they are always the
same sort, the impulses being transferred from one
nerve cell to another by way of the synapse
An interesting thing about the synapse is that it is
a one-way channel.
travel in either direction through neurons
But the synapSe only allows the transfer TO take
place in one direction.
AS result, nervous impulse can travel from an
aferent nerve to motor nerve, but it can not travel
in the other direction.
The reflex in some cases are very long and in
volyed, especially OF where the runs all
the way 70 the brain
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
Our Justice System

MFRS. ADA LIE BOEUF and DR..
1VA Thomas Dreher, who muir
dered the formers husband, were
sentenced to hang last Saturday.
On Friday the supreme court of
Louisiana met to consider petit
ton for reprieve in order that
lunacy commission might pass on
their case. Four justices of the
supreme court voted to deny the
petition, but the chief justice, over
riding tiher opinion. granted a stay
of execution.
This raised the question of
whether the chief justice had
right to go against the Judgment
of his four associates, a question
which the encouragement of Lou
isiana could not decide and which
left the sheriff in dire perplexity.
Under these. circumstances IN APP
peal was made to Governor Long.
First he granted a reprieve, then
withdrew it and then granted it
for one week. On Monday, ten ju-
rors fled affidavits claiming that
they were influenced by fear.
An eleventh juror, the foreman,
says that, though he was not afraid,
he knew his colleagues were.
The twelfth jurors opinion could
not be obtained, since he was out
of the state.
This is just one more illustration
Of how our system of justice can
apparently dispose of a case through
several months Of slow, careful de-
liberation and then get in hope
less jam at the last moment
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
Public Utilities VS.. Government

court battle which may prove of greatest i'm
portance is beginning in a New York federal court
1t grows out of refusal of the Electric Bond and
Share Company to let the federal trade commission
examine into its operating expenses.
The whole power of the commission to issue
subpoenaes and secure necessary information for
regulating business will be tested Also the govern
ment must have information about the holding COM
pany, system, which be had in other way, if
is to deal ntelligenty with the problem of regulat
ing utility companies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
Beat Them Down

THEY were only a handful
4 against a multitude, and the
pa was very narrow. And yet in
spite of number the multitude did
manage to get through the bottle
neck and into the softer fields Of
lush grass.
The Spartans tried to hold back
the tide of life and it beat them
down. After that battle the whole
world knew that there would still be
cakes and ale.
Man was not made to live by
discipline and dried fish.
And after that incident Of the veal
pie I always felt kindly toward
Paavo Nurmi, the Phantom Finn.
was glad to learn that he had
definitely lifted himself cut Of the
ranks Of the ascetics.
Accordingly I wish him many
triumphs in the future. I hope that
he may know victory once again,
and also, just now and then a little
indigestion.
(Copyright. 1923. for me Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08

the ace of hearts. Declarer plays
five of hearts which is ruffed IN
Dummy.
After that three of spades is
played and overtaken in the closed
hand with ace of spades. Now seven
Of hearts is placed and ruffed in
Dummy. Ace of diamonds and king
Of diamonds win two tricks after
which seven of diamonds is played
and trumped by Declarer.
Trumps are now drawn and a
small club is led to ace of clubs in
Dummy, after which Dunmy's re-
naming diamonds win tricks, the
losing clubs being discarded on
them. Barring freak distribution
of the cards this method of playing
scores a grand slam.
The PrincpiIe-When short suit
ed in Dummy, seek to convert los
ers into winning tricks by utilizing
ummy's small trumps.
copyright, 1929, Ready Reference Pub
fishing Coz
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
Witchcraft Trials

TINE murder trial now going on
4 in York, Pa, is bad enough
and weird enough, without making
it worse. 1t is not witch trial in
any sense of the word, nor will it
bear any comparison to those that
took place in Salem.
The defendants in this case, are
not charged with the crime of
witchcraft, but with that of muir
der.
While the murder may have
originated in mysticism, and while
the motive for committing it may
be traceable to a belief in witch
craft, it is for killing human be-
ing, and not for holding any par
tieular views, that the three men
are, being arranged.
The men and women of Salem
were charged with being witches,
and nothing more. In very few cases
was any serious offense mentioned,
much less proved.
While some people of York may
belleVe In Wltchcratt, that belief en-
joys no standing before the law of
Pennsylvania.
In Salem. this condition was re-
versed. Some people in that town
refused to believe in witchcraft,
but the law accepted it.
AS matter of record, little could
be proved against some condemned
witches in Salem, except that they
refused to believe in witchcraft.
This was true in the case of Re-
becca Nurse, whom the jury would
not convict, until Chief Justice
Houghton said he would not accept
verdict of acquittal and sent it
back to reconsider.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08

GfPEAKING Of wars reminds us of
~ General Horace Porter's article
on bravery, in which he cited many
instances showing how men were
fearless under certain circumstances
and towards under others. He said,
among other things. that men who
would display the greatest gallantry
in a charge, would shrink from sery-
ing alone as sentinels.
But the most absurd contrast &C.
ours in the case of Mable Stark, the
worlds greatest tiger trainer, who
will get into an iron cage with six
teen flre-eyed man-eaters, yet is
frightened by a nouseI
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
LaureIS Become Pest

TT is said that the public likes
L winner, but obviously its pa
thence in this respect can be ex-
hausted. Not only the quantity but
the quality of the phantom's tri-
umphs became monotonous. The
stop watch which he carried while
he raced always seemed to me q
smooth and polished stone aimed at
romance.
Here was a sportsman who figured
out in advance just how fast he was
and so amply demonstrated on
many occasions that all succeeding
contests might well have consisted
of nothing more than a view of
Nurmi working on a blackboard
with a piece of chalk.
The only possibility of a slip-up.
so it seemed, must lie in the chance
that this superman might err in his
long division, The actual leg work
was no more than a sort of check
ing up process. I would not care to
see Ty Cobb Judging flies with the
aid. of a foot rule, nor watch Babe
Ruth examining blueprints before
selecting the precise spot for his
next home run.
Everything about Nurmi was kali
sornined with the hard white paint
of exact science. Chance had no
more place in his life than germ
in a hospital room.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
/ I
SEEMS
TOME
By HAYWOOD
BROUN

7 SEE by the papers that Paavo
A Nurmi is TO run again for us,
and by now I may be able to get
excited about him The old ira
dition Of invincibility is gone. He
has been beaten.
Indeed, before he left the last
time veal pie got the better of
him. That helps lot. There was
never much in the old tradition
about the superman. Scientists are
always talking of the great day
when the superman shall walk the
earth. I won't be here and almost
anybody can have my seat. There
is small fun in being flawless in
any pursuit.
And the case of Nurni was harder
than that of most who suffer from
supremacy. To begin with, Nurmi
was foreigner from one of the
old countries and most of the ro-
nance lies much farther south.
1t isn't easy to get excited about
Finn under any circumstances
and the sporting writer's insisted
upon making the running star even
more alien. They disembodied him.
Day after day he stalked the sport
pages as the Phantom Finn"
Nor was that the end of the
literary persecution. AS if being
Finn and ghost at the same time
were not enough, the newspaper
writer's also made him machine.
This wrath of the races was de-
prived of both body and soul He
was combination of the me@S~ial
and the immaterial, retaining the
worst features of each.