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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03
FiffeI' S Tower

THE Eiffe1 tower is only forty
4 years old. It introduced one Of
the most stupendous revolutions in
architecture that has occurred since
the age of pericles.
This skeleton of steel was the
precursor not only of the SkySCrap-
er but Of such bridges as the Balti-
more and Ohio proposes to build.
Until Alexander Gustave Eiifel
demonstrated the strength and en-
during power of steel, no one be-
lieved it could be made to support
such gigantic structures.
When he proposed to build the
tower which bears his name, it was
ridiculed as q "hideouS, useless
structure and denounced as an
afTront to heaven"
Though still the tallest thing ever
built by man, it has come to. be
regarded as rather commonplace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03

Nobody can quarrel seriously With the hoover loea
that better law enforcement is desirable. It is The
fact that the Iawess tendency has been what 1t is
for the last twenty years does not make the cause
less just.
But the story of the criminals disregard for lie
and property is rot the whole story When all the
facts and figures on that have been marshaed let us
take look at the laws disregard for life and lib
erty.
We have deep conviction that part OF the gen
eral disregard for law springs from acts OF aWless-
ness committed in tne name of the law.
We refer to lie maintenance by great corporations
Of thugs as coal and iron police; the unwarranted
arrests of Strikers the issuance by courts OF anti
labor injunctions which forbid almost everything but
drawing ones breath; the of force and the forms
of law almost always the side of the owner and
seldom on the side of the person who works; the
calling out of state militia to ntmidae in labor dis
putes the arrest and trial of persons for saying
things or believing things; frameup cases like Billings
and Mooney; tragic nliscarriageS of So-caed justice
such as that in the Sacco-Vanzet affairs; the delay
in trails of Sinclars and Falls but the speedy impris
onrnent of the hunger driven 1aw-breaker.
The list might be enlarged but these instances
should be sufficient to indicate why the whole case
is not made by a comparison of British statistics
on jailings with similar statistics for America.
If it is question of the peoples attitude toward
laws and law enforcement. surely these things have
something to do with the attitude
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03
Vivid instruction

TINE perturbation of experiments
l. and problems, when accom-
panied by explanatory lectures,
probably is the most vivid and i'm
pressiye method of instruction yet
discovered.
It contains possibilities which are
beyond the range of individual
study. 1t can magnify details in
visible to the naked eye of a close
observer until they stand out clearly
before large audiences.
1t can be stopped at the crucial
point Of complicated experiments.
It can be used to portray the pro-
cesses Of termination and growth in
such a way as make them easily
understood.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03
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WASHINGTON CHARTERED

May
ONE hundred and twenty-Seven
- years ago today Washington,
D. e.. was incorporated as a city by
an act Of Congress. It's charter pro
yided for a mayor to be appointed
annually by the president OF the
United States and for a council con-
sisting of two houses.
This form of government, with
few minor changes, remained in
force until 1871, when congress re-
yoked this charter and established
territorial government throughout
the whole Of the District Of Colum-
bia.
This act Of 1871 took the ballot
away from the citizens OF the cap
ital and that feature has been the
source Of much controversy since.
Tradition says that the site Of
the city was marked by George
Washington when, as q young sur
veyor, he was securing the sur
rounding country. At oil events,
Washington, assisted by an advis-
DRY commission, chose the site in
later years.
President Washington seldom re-
ferred to the city in conversation
by the name which had been given
If as a. tribute to him. Instead. he
usually called it "the Federal City"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03
Getting Excited

WAVES Of sheer emotionalism
w still roll among us. with vast
multitudeS getting excited over this
or that for no apparent reason, but
somehow they seem to peter out
with less destructiveness thar they
used to.
Take -Kluxism. for instance,
and. bad as it was. it led to no such
disturbances as did the Know Moth
ing movement of 1856.
Just now we think we are awfully
excited and wrought up over prohl-
bition.
To hear the talk, one would think
the violence were just around the
corner.
As a matter of fact. violence on
a large scale has occurred a dozen
times in this world with far less
talk to inspire it.
But We shall maneuver out of this
mess in an orderly manner and with
little show for the present travail
Of the spirit but argument
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03
CHANGING Our Minds

CCIENCE is not only teaching us
- how to change our methods, but
our minds as we'll.
Men can not pass from OK carts
to autos, candles to electric lights,
or three-story office buildings to
skyscrapers in a couple Of genera
tons, without getting the idea that
some of their prejudices and tradi-
tons should also be laid aside.
There still is too much fanati-
cism and obstinacy, but by and large.
people have grown vastly more
open minded than ever before.
They do not carry their hatreds
50 far, or hold them so long.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03
Quotations of NOtabLes

THE only musical instrument 1
Il play is the typewriter. vii
liam Lyon Phelps, professor at Yale.
cat present the essentials Of mans
origin through evolution are estab-
Iished facts. DIR. Ales Hrdlicka,
curator of anthropology at Smith
sonian Institution.
a visitor learns so lie Of the
spirit of the real America from these
plays. -Feodor Chaliapin Outlook
Il have no illusions on the subject
of farm relief. Indeed it is my judg-
ment that there is no one single
remedy. Senator McNary (OreD.
Appalling as an idiot is. he is not
as appalling as a brave thinking
man who is also mostly an idiot. -
Struthers Burt Outlook.
Fortunate as the men and women
who can retain their capacity to feel
thrills. Richard Washburn Child.
political progress results from
the clash Of conflicting opinions.
The public assertion Of an errone-
Gus doctrine is perhaps the surest
way to disclose the error and make
it evident to the electorate. For
mer Governor Alfred E. Smith OF
New York.
Mass production is making a
better world. Edward A. Filene,
Boston merchant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03

A GREAT many Of our people,
"A even our literate people, do
not like to read difficult books over
which they have to interrupt them
selves and do independent think
ing. They prefer something recon-
mended by the Crime Club, so en-
crossing that you can't hear your
self think. Dean Christian Gauss
Of Princeton University.
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Passing of Hate

TN spite of the fact that the
L reparations conference seems
likely to break down. there never
was a great war which lost so much
of its sting in ten years.
Considering the slaughter, the
suffering and. above all else, the
wild. rabid gusts of hate, it is
amazing how quickly the peoples
involved have resumed peaceful re-
lations.
Comes the kaiser's grandson and
a French actress to this country,
proclaiming their intentions to get
married.
Who would have thought such a
thing possible in 1918?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03
S18O,OOO,OOO Bridge

TINE Baltimore and Ohio Rail
il road, in conjunction with the
North River Bridge Company. asks
permission to span the Hudson
The bridge will have a span of
3.240 feet, q clearance Of 200 feet.
and will cost $18000O,o0O.
The ordinary, matter of fact way
in which it is proposed shows how
far We have gone in steel,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03
old IIdge BIinks

-
A ND how will Judge Burrows
"A pass his 300 days? Good old
Judge Burrows. His home is in New
London, and Connecticut summers
are among New England's glories.
In June he can see the woods
burst forth in riotouS colors. Be
side the town the river runs all cool
and lazy under the hot sun. 1 seem
to see the venerable man of law re-
clining in a hammock with some
book. THE Six Little Peppers and
How They Grew" perhaps.
Oh, no, not that, for growth sug-
gests the existence of natural
processes not suitable to be men
toned within the hearing of good
old Judge Burrows.
Perhaps he will not read at al
but blink and turn to get the ham
mock fixed just so in order to nap
the noon away. 1t is possible the
judge will not sleep so well at night.
Indeed I would not trade with him.
Id rather have the sweet repose
OF the old gentleWCman IN her nice,
cool cell. Good conscience before
this has softened harder beds.
Too much, think, has been made
of the fact that Mary Ware bennett
is a grandmother After all it was
not age, but youth, which went on
trial in Brooklyn. 1t is the up and
coming generation which says. Il
want TO know" and musty age, ma
ture and married, shakes its head.
1t may be added What was good
enough for your grandmother should
be good enough for you"
Still, as Groucho Marx said in a
late lamented show, But who wants
to marry your grandmother?-Not
even your grandfather.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03
Too Weather Cycles
No. S45

EVAPORATION is one-half of the continuous
l. weather cycle. Condensation is the other
Changes in temperature control the cycle EYap-
Grafton goes on for time and the air becomes hlled
with moisture Then there is a drop in temperature
The air reaches q point-the so-caled dew point
where it can no longer hold all the moisture
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03

1t then contains,
an d condensa-
ton takes place.
w h c II this
change in tenn
perature takes
place close to
objects or the
ground we have
the formation OF
dew.
In a similar
f a S h 10 n. when
the temperature
Of the open air
passes below the
dew point, con-
denSation takes
place in h e
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03


Association and Of Hygeia. the
Heath Magazine.
THERE are as many cures for
Il rheumatism as there are peo-
pie with notions concerning the dis
ease.
Rheumatic complaints in the
elderly are chronic. Such people
tend to have periods Of getting bet
ter and getting worse AS was men
toned in previous article in this
series. old people not infrequently
can predict change in the weather
by the fact that the rheumatic
Joints hurt more than they did be-
fore.
Therefore they devise such
strange cures for rheumatism as
carrying buckeye i'll the back pocket
tying a string around the leg. or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03

TINE "talkie" as an instrument of
L education is being demon
strated before the American Chemi-
cal Society, now ins session at Co.
lumbus. O.
Its advantage in this field has
received scant attention, but is too
obvious for comment
Properly applied the "talkie'
could be made to bring the greatest
men Of the world into every school
room.
Further than that, it could be
made to unfold things before stu
dents as though they were seen
through a microscope or telescope.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03

ideals and opinions expressed
i'll this column are those OF
one Of Americas most inter
estine writers, and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement OF diSa greement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03

Why do soldiers fall out of step
when crossing a bridge?
To avoid what engineers term
critical vibration which tends 10
weaken the bridge For the same
reason automobiles and other We
hicles slow down in crossing bridges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03
REASON
BY Frederick Lands -
Germany PrOreS to Be Great
est Magician in History: the
Allies Need q Guardian.
~ ERMANY is the greatest magi-
" clan of all history,

- ERMANY is the greatest masl-
" clan of all history.
Since the war she has achieved
pre-eminence in aviation in Central
and in South America: she has re-
stored her powerful merchant
marine; she has revolutionized
naval architecture, by inventing a
small cruiser which can outrun and
outshoot anything afioat, vet in
spite of these great achievements,
she is actually able to convince the
allies that she is so poor and so
hopeless that her war obligations
should be reduced!
u r
Emboldened by her success IN max
ing fools of the allies in the matter
Of debt collection, a powerful Ger
man group now demands that the
allies return the German colonies,
seized when the war ended.
! The next step probably viii be
demand that We apologize to the
kaiser and pay him a vast in
deElnity
The allies need a guardian!
|
The Nationalist government of
| China states that that government
could place an army OF 500O0000
men in the field, all of which con-
vinces one that it may be better for
! the rest Of the world to let China
continue to smoke opium.
! WE gather from the statement
! w of Senator Glenn Of Illinois.
who returned on the wet Leviathau.
that the passengers were 50 obSessed
by desire to observe the proprie-
ties that, Notwithstanding their
thirst, it was necessary to blindfold
them and back them UP to the bar.
| t Il
With all the furore Tom Hefin
has caused because one pop bottle
was thrown at him. he would not
last very long as a baseball umpire.
Senator Cole Blease of South
Carolina is too enthusiastic in his
effort to have a law passed to for
bid the use Of Intoxicating liquor
III foreign embassies at Washington.
It can't be done, you know, for
those embassies are foreign soil
The history Of tho World war
being prepared by the Carnegie en-
dowment will consist Of $50 VOL
umes Fine for our senators to read
while Tom Helms speaking.
II Il
DRESIDENT HOOVER has found
l. way to be sociable and at the
same time save his vitality, by hay
ing motion picture equipment put
into the East room. BY this meth
Cd he won't have to do any talk
ing except to say: Good evening
and good-by.'
King George has recovered suf1-
GENTLY to preside at a meeting Of
the privy council. but he's not yet
strong enough to lay a corner stone.
The Governors Of our various
states who wish to organize stats
should be able to find some military
material at q bargain when all those
defeated rebel Mexican generals flee
to the United States.
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FaVorS Women Jurors

THERE was no lack Of years in
Il the jury box where sat the
twelve good men and true. Also.
if I may be allowed to digress for
a moment the bennett case should
be argument for the extension Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03

The Kaiser's Grandson and q
French Actress Proclaim
Their Intention to Get Mar
ried. Who Would Hare
Thought Such q Thing Pos
Sible IN 1918?
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Just one word more about Marion Ialley-sh
surely ought to be able to pick UP pretty nice piece
of ground now for a song.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03

A headline in a Kansas paper says EDITORS
CAN PLAY GOLF NOW But the story was only
about conflicting dates of two conventions being
Strengthened OUT
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03

Los Angeles recently held floor sweeping contest
for girls Old time affairs like that always recall
pleasant memories.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03

Now that John f. Curry has been named chief OF
Tammany hall. many CT New Yorks political aspr-
ants probably will groom themselves for Curry favors
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03

s. David Dietz on ScienC
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BY DR.. MORRIS FESHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03

King George has recovered suf1-
GENTLY to preside at a meeting of
the privv council but he's not yet
strong enough to lay a corner stone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03

DRESIDENT HOOVER has found
L. way to be sociable and at the
same time save his vitality, by hay
ing a motion picture equipment put
into the East room. BY this meth
Cd he won't have to do any talk
ing except to say: Good evening
and good-bv.'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03

The Governors Of our various
states who wish to organize STATS
should be able to find some military
material at a bargain when all those
defeated rebel Mexican generals flee
to the United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03

Mass production is making
better world. Edward A. Filene,
Boston merchant.
The Washington times., 1929-08-10

STUDYING
STRENGTH Of
WILSON

Local colored Elks are estimating
the opposition Of J. Finley Wilson,
the grand exalted ruler Of the
order. and q member Of Columbia
Lodge No. s5, who is running for
reelection for the eighth consecutive
term, at the convention at Atlantic
City, August "a to 81.
Wilson II being opposed by Cas-.
par Holstein, a member Of q New
York lodge, and q native Of the
West Indies.
Both Claim Record
Where Holstein claims great ser.
vice to his local lodge and offers
to serve without pay. II. elected,
Wilson rests his claim upon his
record for making the order q
positive good in the life Of his
people. He has inaugurated an
educational commission which sends
worthwhile young colored people to
college. and conducts an annual
oratorical contest on the Constitu.
tion. both by regions and for the
national prize. at the convention.
BY an infant mortality commits.
sion. made up of two coI0red pllysi-
clans and q statistician, he started
program by which improvement
has been made in the health OF
Negroes.
The commission has been rscog.
nized by The National Child wei.
Iare Commission, headed by Secre.
tary Wilbur, who has already con.
ferred with Dr. Chas. B. Fisher, Of
this city, grand medical adviser of
the Elks.
Wilson il strong with the rank
and file Of the order. throughout the
country. because he has fought his
way to the top by champloning the
masses. He set up q civil liberties
commission. with headquarters in
Washington, cfficered by an execu.
tive and q grand legal adviser. to
champion the cause Of bis group.
DePriest Out Of Race.
The rumor that Congressman De.
Priest would stand against Wilson.
has not been substantiated, and the
offering Of Judge w. G. Hueston Of
Indiana, as candidate. has bean re-.
pudiated by Hueston. in an open
letter to ell lodges.
Preparations are being nnada for
the largest crowd in the history Of
the order, 1t the coming convention,
at Atlantic City.
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D | D CHURCHES
OPEN IN Va.

RICHMOND, Va. Aug. 10.--An.
other historic. pilgrimage to the
shrines in Southsids tidewater Vir'
ginia has been arranged under
church auspices for next Tuesday.
the Virginia State Chamber Of Com.
merce announced today.
Many of the most historic old
churches in Virginia are included In
the list of those which will be
opened to the public.
Among the structures to be opened
will be Old Glebe Church, built In
1913, and located near Driver, Va,
on the Portsmouth.SuffoIk Boule.
ward. The ancient church was the
scene OF much spirited discussion
between Tories and Patriots in 1775,
and among its parishioners were
Governor Bennett and John Yeates.
Another old church to be opened
win be st. Johns, near Chuckatuck.
erected in 1855, and the old brick
church at Benns. in isle of Wight
County. which. it In claimed. Is the
oldest English built church now
standing in America.
ARRANGEMENTS also are being made
to have famous Bacon's Castle. in
Surry, opened to the public. as well
as windsor Castle, in Smithtield.
and the house constructed for John
Rolfe. the son Of Pocahontas. The
ruins of Lawne's Greek Church are
to be inspected, al well as the elab'
crate earthworks erected on the
James River at Fort Boykin. said to
be the best preserved in America"
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D. c. ARTILLERY
QUITS CAMP

FORT MONROE. Va. Aug. To-
The 260th Coast Artillery, anti.ajr.
craft regiment, District National
Guard, is breaking camp today. its
1929 training at an end
Tonight the contingent win EN-.
bark on the boat for Washington.
arriving there tomorrow nnorning.
Their place viii be taken by the
Virginia National Guardsmen who
will begin two weeks training Mon.
day. The District Guardsmen viii
be paid off tomorrow at the armory.
Water and o Streets Southwest.
Pvt. James Mooney. injured BY
the explosion Of q gun fuse, has
been taken to, Walter Reed Hospital
for treatment. His injuries are NOT
believed serious.
Batteries B and G finished targea
practice yesterday. Battery B
brought down the sleeve target,
towed across the range by q plane
from Langley Field. Before speed
boats could reach II. the target
sank in the water.
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Speed Sets New Record

had left the bridge at o'clock this morning knowing
that Sir Hubert Wilkins would take up the duties of
the news watch When / woke up again sensed immed
ately thrill in the air and out the bridge in my
pajamas
There found suppressed excitement Captain Lehman
in command but Commander Eckener took his favorite
place he declared:
1--WE are making 172 klometsrs-that is around 10D
land miles per hour
That was hearty greeting and the old commander
smiling broadly. realized what had happened The
commodore had successfully hitched 40ile wind to the
Graf Zeppelin and adding the immense push Of that
stiff breeze to the force Of the propelers He added:
I'VE left the Statue Of Liberty at 1246 yesterday morn
ing this keeps may reach Europe before midnight
tonight"
Captain lehman, with NavigatOrs Whitman and Pruss
were bending their charts with dviders and parallel
rulers Their happy cOuntenanceS reflected their pride
pleasure in the performance Of our silver ship.
From o'clock in the morning until nearly this after
raced through the sky, always at the rate of
from 10l to 1O5 land miles an hour
At o'clock we're at zS05 NJ 1855 W. still At An alt
tn8A SR A600 -, ~
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HEATH GIVES UP
IN DRY DEATH

DETROIT, Aug. 10 U.N.s).-Jack
Heath, Detroit boatman, who sur
rendered himself yesterday in con-
nection with the death of Richard j.
Sandlands. special Federal pro-
hibition agent. was held inccmmuni-
cado today.
Sandlands was drowned last week
after he had boarded Heath's motor
cruiser in the Detroit River. Heath
says the officer made q seaRch for
liquor, but refused to show his
credentials. Fearing that he was
being robbed, Heath struggled with
Sandlands, he relates. They both
fell overheard. and Heath swan back
to his boat.
1t was uncertain today what
charge would be placed against
Heath. Homicide" is the entry On
the booking slip at police head.
quarters. but this could be changed
to a charge from manslaughter to
first degree murder.
Under Federal law the penalty
for first degree murder is hanging
Heath's pretty 23-year-old wife
Maxine. who also was on the boai
at the TINA =of= the fatal struggle. IL
held b. Federal authorities Lundel
lS2S. zee bond