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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27
Painters Bride

IT is not precisely fair for me to
Il stigmatize Alice as stupid. That
Is not precisely the fact set down
by the author. But, at any rate,
she has not the slightest under
standing or interest in her hus-
bands job.
When he begins to paint anony-
mously to exc out the family in
come, this pursuit seems to her a
crack-brained whim.
The outstanding quality In Farll's
work leads to his being recognized
and the hoax exposed. To the eye
of the experts his canvases done
after his supposed death are signed
with every brush stroke. But to
Alice they are merely the petrified
daubs of an incompetent amateur.
Yet when Farll is dragged out of
his retreat and back to public at
tention once again Bennett pictures
his plight as tragic. The author
seems to think that this great artist
would have been ideally happy if
he had been able to continue in a
solitary studio, where there was no
one ever to say, THAT thing you've
just done is a masterpiece"
Always I have doubted the verify
of Arnold Benefits theory OF
course, he is speaking Of geniuses,
and for them the usual rule may not
apply.
I don't know. I've never met a
genius. However, I am of the opin-
ion that self-praise is not sufficient
for people of high talent. I've never
known a writer who was not in need
of some close companion to appre-
ciate the stuff he did.
do not doubt the sincerity Of all
the boys and girls who state that
they are Indifferent to the verdict of
the great reading public. A few Of
them are quite accurate in main
tanning that their own satisfaction
has nothing to do with the volume
Of sales.
But even in these instances I al
ways have felt that they did eagerly
await the judgment of some audi
ence, tho it might consist Of no more
than half a dozen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27
Backward Industry

TT generally is admitted that the
l. textile industry has failed to keep
pace with the times; that it pays
lower wages and works longer hours
than most of the other great indus
tries.
1t generally is admitted, also, that
there is some excuse for this; that
foreign competition, rapidly
changing market and the introduce
ton of new materials have combined
to place the textile industry in an
embarrassing position.
Even so, there should be a way
to work out the problem with fair
ness to all concerned, to employ
brains, rather than force and avoid
getting into such stew Of futile
emotionalism as the south now is in.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27
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BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND

Aug. 81
TINE Battle of Long Island took
Il place on Aug. 81, 1776, between
American troops commanded by
General Washington and British
soldiers under General Howe.
Washington had fortified Brook
lyn Heights and stationed a large
portion of his small force on the
hills in front of that position.
The night Of Aug. q, Howe at
tackled the outlying body Of Ameri-
cans, captured mounted patrol,
thrust his detachment between the
two American forces and captured
nearly the whole of one unit. Howe
stepped his soldiers in front OF the
heights.
Almost miraculously, Washington
rescued the garrison and transported
it across the East river to Manhat-
tan island. Then came delay after
delay, but time did not strengthen
Washington's position.
Notwithstanding some brilliant
strokes, the Americans were driven
from Manhattan island and the
mainland north of it. With the main
body. Washington retreated slowly
across the Jerseys and finally into
Pennsylvania.
The most serious disaster Of this
movement was the loss of Fl. Wash
ington at the end of Manhattan
island and its munitions Of war
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27

Editor Times-One of your CORE
spondents, Myron J. Potts, seems to
have encountered some serious diff
f1culties in his attempts to get a
lire on the presidential preference
of The Times during the last cam
paign. His inability to fathom your
editorial profundities furnishes a
unique parallel to the experience OF
all artless dirt farmer who lived in
an adjoining county some years ago.
Naturally. concerned with the af-
fairs of government, this horny
handed son of the soil felt an I'M
usual urge to become better in
formed on things political when the
Harrison Cleveland campaign began
to warm up, early in the spring OF
1888. Not given to taking hasty
action on matters of such grave i'm
port, he sought out his legal ad-
visor-a prominent attorney at the
county seat-and asked his advice
about subscribing for a newspaper.
Now the lawyer happened to be
dyed-in-the-wool Republican,
leader of his party in that county
while the farmer was real JEFF
fersonian Democrat, Simon pure,
Bourbon, without equivocation or
shadow of turning. After consider
able discussion of the matter, the
lawyer very earnestly recommended
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat as be-
ing the particular journal most like
Iy to present the political issue in
the most consistent and reliable
manner.
Judging the political complexion
of the paper to be indicated by its
name, the farmer sent in his sub
scription and began to get wised up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27
HEALTH SERVICE

monia without wearing a gas mask.
Sulphur dioxide is gas with eX-
tremely irritating properties. Sui
phur dioxide under pressure in the
liquef1ed state is used in the ice ma
chimes.
When a person comes in contact
with sulphur dioxide, the eyes and
throat are irritated. If there is any
considerable amount of sulphur di-
oxide in the air, it is impossible to
breathe.
A person who is conscious under
such circumstances leaves promptly.
Thus sulphur dioXide is more
poisonous gas than methyl chloride.
but it's use in daily life is not nearly
so dangerous because it makes its
presence known.
The records do not indicate a
single instance of fatal poisoning
from sulphur dioxide gas used in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27
GaStonia Trial

XX7E seem to have been vastly
wv more successful in perfecting
machinery than in devising a system
whereby we can live together with
out hate, prejudice and friction.
Neither does one have to go to
Jerusalem, or ponder on the bloody
work of Arab tribesmen, to appre
ciate this.
In North Carolina, they are try
ing thirteen men and three women
for the murder of a chief of police
which would not be important, ex-
cept for the background.
The background is dispute over
wages and working conditions that
should have been settled in an Or
derby way, and that could have been
settled in such a way had the same
amount of thought been given to
the problem as has been given to
some other things.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27
Refrigerator Makers Avoid Poison Gas

household refrigerators. When a
person becomes poisoned by any
irritant gas such as sulphur dioxide,
the treatment is the same as that
for nitrogen dioxide; thinning OF the
blood by bleeding, the injection Of
fresh blood and salt solution and
the inhalation of oxygen.
1t is important to know that
practically all household re-
frigerators now sold have either
sulphur dioxide or ammonia as the
refrigerant gas.
Those using methyl chloride are
arranging as rapidly as possible to
mix sulphur dioxide with the methyl
chloride or to find some other odor-
Gus. irritating substance which will
safeguard the situation.
1t is likely, however, that sooner
or later methyl chloride will be re-
placed as a household refrigerant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27
SPLIT the Profits
this cotton mill situatio

TAKE this cotton mill situation
l. in the south, or anywhere else,
for that matter, and does it present
more difficult problem than the
airplane, wireless, or flood control
on the Mississippi?
Certainly not, but we have failed
to approach it from the standpoint
of a problem.
The idea prevails that it is just
another row between two crowds,
and that the only way to settle it
is to let them fight until one has
thrashed the other.
Labor demands the right to strike
and picket; employers demand
guards and protection for their
property; the public stands back to
watch the show, as though it were
contrived for nothing more serious
than amusement, and then as any
one with a grain of common sense
should know, somebody gets hurt.
Meanwhile, the show is a matter
of cold arithmetic on the one hand,
and how the profits should be split
between capital management and
labor on the other.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27
Two Great Lakes Waterways

The middle west probably, is unit in demand
ing that the Great Lakes be connected with salt water
by an adequate ship canal But, until recently, at
least there has been division of opinion about the
route to be chosen Some cities have urged the st.
Lawrence canal, and others have supported Chicago
in her plea waterway from the lower end of
Lake Michigan to the gulf of Mexico via the Mis-
sissppi river.
Now it is beginning to look as if the two factions
are getting together Each side is coming to that
both waterways would be highly valuable. The busy,
productive middle west could provide traffic enough
for both, beyond doubt And the general stimulus
to business activity which would result would be very
likely to provide for the railroads as
we'll
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27
NJ. E. Tracy
We Talk q Great Deal About
Wages, but We Seldom Do
Anything of q Forceful Ma
tire Until DriUen to 1t.
SAYS:

THE Graf Zeppelin and Jerusalem
i divide honors on the front page;
the first speaking of mans genius,
the second of his degradation.
This would be a wonderful world,
if science could free men from the
law of the jungle to the same ex-
tent that it has freed him from its
physical limitations.
1t is hard to reconcile a globe
girdling fight with such an exhibit
ton of savagry as that in which
forty or fifty young students lost
their lives when the Jewish college
at Hebron was attacked.
1t even is harder to reconcile
such brutal acts with a conception
Of a just God, or a happy heaven.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27
The Problem of Wages

XXTE talk a great deal about
w wages, working conditions
tolerance, morality and allied sub
iects, but we seldom do anything Of
a. purposeful, constructive nature
until driven to it.
Thousands of scientists are
studying and toiling to make i'm
provements in one field or another
but how many are toiling and study
ing to solve our economic and social
problems?
When it comes to mechanics OF
chemistry, we foster experiment and
insist on proof, refusing to accept a
thing as so, until it has been dem
onStrated.
In the realm of sociology and eco
Monies, however, we prefer to mag
inc, to quarrel, to work ourselves
into a veritable passion over untried
theories, until bloodshed, or phys
ical misery brings us to our senses
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27
IT SEEMS
TO ME
By Haywood Broun

Ideals and opinions expressed In this
column are those of one of Americas
most interesting writers. and are pre-
sented without regard to their agreement
or disagreement with the editorial at
titude of this paper.-The Editor.
A MONG the modern novels the
N one which I have re-read most
frequently is Arnold Benefits
Buried Alive" Critics. I imagine,
rate this we'll below Benefits best,
but it has always seemed to me one
of his liveliest and most entertain
ing stories.
incidentally, the book raises an
important point in human psy-
chology. 1t gives the lie to every
person who has ever conducted any
sort of advice to the lovelorn
column. This very possibly was no
part of the authors intention.
Indeed, it may be a wholly uncon-
scious piece of wish-fulf1llment
which makes the distinguished Brit
Usher celebrate the stupid woman as
the proper life partner Tor the
genius.
You may remember that in
Buried Alive" the greatest living
painter pretends to be dead. His
valet dies, and when the attending
doctor mistakes the servant for the
master the artist allows the mistake
to stand
With all due ceremony the valet
is buried in Westminster Abbey and
Priam Farll settles down in a hum
drum London suburb after marry
ing the widow of a small builder.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27

Editor Times-Pernit me as a
TAXPAYER and resident for more than
twenty-siX years in this city, the
space in your valuable paper, the
uniting of two opinions, those OF
Mrs. Beth Fuson, 1922 Parker ave-
nue. (not Puson, as I know her
personality and John Hutchinson,
Fontanet, Ind. By uniting the
opinions of two in one, the posi-
biIity could be that the desired re-
suit will be obtained.
Institute "home for the aged
somewhere outside of the city on
a farm, with one or more good men
in charge. Let that labor which
can be supplied by those OF the
home be granted that privilege so
far as possible. Also establish a
manufacturing establishment for
inside workers, manufacturing ar
ticles Of simple nature that can
be made by the aged. Three to SIX
hours a day is sufficient time for a
days labor for these aged.
Those who are married may have
privileges as all married folks do,
in a married folks section. The
unmarried can have separate sec
tons, one for women and one for
men. but Let them associate with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27
Religious Cruelty
THE most curious thing about

ME most CURIOUS thlng ABOUT re-
4 ligious emotionalism is the
cruelty with which it inspires men.
Not once, but a thousand times
and more, they have paused in their
prayers for mercy to strike down
some fellow-b being with such cold
blooded, inexcusable fury, as would
shame an hyena.
Perhaps this is because hell has
played such a part in their notion of
the hereafter, because the picture of
eternal life has centered around the
thought of doom and .damnation for
so many of their kind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27

A MONG the irritating gases used
IA in refrigeration are sulphur
dioxide and ammonia. Every one
knows that ammonia burns and
initiates and that it is not safe to
be around when ammonia is escap-
ing.
Workers who become unconscious
following an explosion and who
thus are exposed to quantities of
ammonia die as a result of the
burning of the tissues.
They do not die as a result of the
absorption of the gas. 1t is impossi-
BILE to remain in air filled with am
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27

been attached to the Office that than technical
experience required to conduct it satisfactorily
Among the necessary requisites of successful
chief Of engineers well may be included the ability
to get the work done promptly and WE'LL recogni-
ton that community rights are fully as important
as those of the military and a desire not to do
everything the army way, the chiefs way, but
the best way
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27

This Is the ninth of a series of arti-
Giles by DR., Morris Fishbein describing
the action of various poisonous gases
on human beings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27

America has been criticised severely for not pre-
serving the ruins of former days. Walk down any
street and behold the of rouge and lpstick if you
think there is any reason for such SANDER
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27

Boston detectives pinched Chinese and seized
forty cans of opium They feel pretty they
have the dope on him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27
Daily Thought


Come unto me, all We that Ia
bour and are heavy laden, and
will give you resist. Matthew
11:2S.
.
WORK was made for men, and
w not man for work. Man is not
works servant, save as an almost
universal perversion has made him
such.-J. G.. Holland.
Is there a bridge between Key
West and Cuba.
No.
Why are Marines called Leather
necks?
The general concensus of opinion
is that the term leatherneck had its
origin in the fact that years ago the
stock or collar of the Marine corps
uniform was largely composed of
leather.
How old is President Hoover?
He was born Aug. 10. 1874
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27

Near the close of the campaign
the lawyer met his client on the
street one day and casually inquired
as to how he liked his paper.
"Jest fine" was the reply, "it GER
tainly does give you Republicans
hell" JOE SAUNDERS.
1922 North Alabama street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27

Editor Times-As an overseas ex-
service man, see no reason Tor Ghe
spending of millions on this so-calleo
world war memorial. What the VeO-
eran needs in Indiana is a veterans
hospital to care properly Tor the
thousands of disabled service men
Already millions have been spent
on this wouId-be memorial and now
il is proposed to spend another mil
lion to remove the churches from
the memorial site.
I do not think there is a service
man in Indiana who favorS this OF
even recognizes this memorial. In
diana refused the service men a
bonus, refused to spend $4,000 TO
honor properly the first American
soldier killed in France, but it can
spend millions on pile OF rocks
that mean nothing I think 1t high
time to call a halt.
An OVERSEAS VETERAN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27

Editor Times-Such writing as
that of Mr.. Potts in the Thursday
edition of The Times only serves to
bring to light the type of narrow
minded citizen who cast his vote
against Al Smith.
ANY man who tolls for a livell-
hood and did not vote for the Dem
ocratic nominee merely slapped his
own face.
This gentleman surely is not very
well read or he would know that
The Times is to be criticised Tor
being against the New York Gov
ernor and not for him.
Mrs. Willebrandt tells the truth
and such sore-headed Republicans
as Mr.. Potts are the first to com
plain when confronted by the true
facts.
One thing you can give the Dem
ocrats credit for, they are not re-
sponsible for the rottenress OF the
present prohibition enforcing ON
GERS. L. IA MO
Smyrna times., 1929-08-14
TO IMPROVE PHONE SERVICE
Diamond State Telephone Com
pany to Increase Service at Dover

Installation of additional equip
ment in the Dover central office,
to care for the anticipated future
growth is planned by the Diamond
State Telephone Company, accord
ing to an announcement last week
by G. B. Sypherd, manager for the
company. The work, which will
be started in December and COM
pleted next March, will necessitate
an expenditure of approximately
$1,000. The marked increase in
the volume Of telephone traffic,
particularly toll, or out-of-town
calls, and the desire to provide
adequate facilities for the contin-
ued growth of the community,
prompted the company to plan for
the additional equipment. Since
January, 1927 the number of sub
scribers served by the Dover CEN
trail office has increased more than
16 per cent. The recent renova-
tions at the telephone building
which included the removal of the
business Office from the second
floor to the first floor, will permit
the use of the additional space on
the second floor for the proposed
improvements.
Smyrna times., 1929-08-14
DRUNKEN DRIVERS FEELFORCE
STATES STRICT MOTOR LAW
235 OFFENDERS HAVE LOST
LICENSES SINCE JANUARY 1
Applying for Tags Now Pay
Only Half of Yearly Rate

During the first seven months of
this year, 235 motorists had their
license revoked by Secretary of
State Charles H Grantland. Last
year the month of March was the
peak of the drunken driver period,
but this year indications are that
July will witness the largest num-
Der of violators. In January, IS
were convicted of driving while in
toxicated; February %; March, 26;
April A; May 38; June 38; and
July 81 That the increase in the
number of arrests thought to be
due to the increasing number of
cars on the road, is the assump-
tion, but the receipts of the titling
office of the Secretary of States
office does not show this. Accord
ing to William Ball, titling officer,
the drunken drivers seem to fire.
quent the roads in spells. That is,
some days there will be as many
as six convicted on drunken
charge. On days there may be
none and on others but one or two.
The last five months of the year
began August 1 and the price of
the license fee for tags was cut in
half AS a result there were many
for tags. The demand
will continue all of this month
Many protests are being heard
from those who went to the ex-
pense to have their cars tested and
made perfect for driving, because
of the failure of others who have
not done so. Protests coming to
the State House from many pers
ons cite the wretched looking cars
seen on the highways, without
windshield wipers, enough lamps
and in other ways failing to meas
ure up to the standards set by the
State law. Drivers of such cars
violate the law and therefore are
subject to arrest.
Smyrna times., 1929-08-14
BEETLES DESTROYS TIMBER
Southern Pine Beetle Responsible
for Destruction of Pine Timber

According to the State Forestry
Department tiny insect, the
Southern pine beetle, is response
bic for the destruction of more
merchantable pine timber in the
Southern States than any other
agency. During a single epidemic
it has destroyed timber valued at
S2,000,000, and the present stump
age value of pine killed since 1891
is placed at about S50,000,000.
Healthy, vigorous pines of practi-
cally all ages and species are at
tackled and killed The middle to
upper portions of the trees are the
point of attack. The beetle de-
stroys the soft inner bark through
which the trees get their nourish-
ment. Weather conditions have
much to do with the abundance
and destructiveness or the scarcity
of this beetle. Outbreaks seem to
follow abnormally dry weather,
but when the drought is broken by
normal or heavy rainfall the in
sects disappear. Low Winter
temperatures also check the beetle
outbreaks. Trees weakened by
fire, wind and lightning are sub
ject to infestation, owing to their
lowered resistance, and conse-
quently are a menace to nearby
sound trees; they should be remov-
ed Immediately.
Smyrna times., 1929-08-14

ing of the spread of the beetles, Mr.
Smith said that it resembled the
ripples made by throwing a stone
into still water. This year beetles
have been worse in the outer parts
of the infested area than in the
inner part The check within the
central area has been due to birds,
parasites released from the labor
atories, and the spraying. The
natural parasites we have import
ed from Japan and China are uak-
ing hold of the beetle" he explain
ed. I'm this central district over
25 per cent of beetles show par
asite eggs laid on their backs.
These parasites are what keep the
beetle in check in the country of
their origin. The Tiphia wasp has
been found particularly effective"
Officials of the Delaware Japanese
Beetle Office said that no parasiteS
had yet been released in Delaware,
but if the beetle increased much
more in northern New Castle
county some would probably be
used in this State. 1t is difficult
to say definitely in what year the
introduction occurred" Mr.. Smith
said, when asked about the intro
duction of the pests. 1T is known
that nursery stock with soil about
the rots was imported prior to
1912 into the country where the
pest was first discovered, around
Riverton. From these few the
pests have spread out through
New Jersey, the greater part of
Pennsylvania, the upper part of
Delaware, in Long Island and parts
of Connecticut. Beetlesshave been
found in Washington, especially on
the White House lawn. Complete
control will have ben established
when the parasites catch up with
the infestation Of the beetle. There
are, however, so many factors in
volved that it would be foolhardy
to attempt to make a prediction
as to the year when we can expect
them to be under complete con-
troll"