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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20
Highway Wages

The budget committee. which controls wages Of
state workers, has turned down request for more
employees for the highway department and larger
salaries for minor executives
It is Just possible that the committee is as wrong
as it usually is There may be necessity for more
and better men to have charge Of the road program
This department spends approximately as much
money as does all the rest Of the state government
Into its care is entrusted about twenty millions Of
dollars each year.
II Is quite conceivable that one very high priced
man might save the people hundred times his sal
ary It is also conceivable that placing more men
on the job would save instead Of waste.
If there has been waste in the department and If 1t
exists it has not come from the men who work out in
the sun and winds taking care Of the roads and keep
ing them in shape
Nor can it be traced to the work of minor execu-
tives who for the most part have taken pride IN
their work and have desired to build good roads.
The waste may have come at times from the fact
that a member of the budget committee which re-
fused the increase IN number of workers IS saleanan
for a concern which has since his employment, re-
ceived almost monopoly Of contracts Tor trucks
MANY thousands of dollars worth have been pur-
chased from this concern which under different
ownership was refused any business Whatever
The waste. if it has occurred, might be traced
TO the distribution of contracts Tor materials ~
would take very large army Of day laborers 10 gIalO
e,,ar small norton of the twenty millions year
The biq waste comes from the fact that the ROADS
.s now constructed are far from permanent ana
must he repared or rebuilt within very few years
when if becomes necessary to close highway
that has been laid not more than seven years ana
force traffic over detours there is something wrong
When some one devises plan for road 0ulolnS
that will relieve the public from reconstruction "IOi
= decade the big waste will be wiped out
There should be at least hope offered tha1 'lis
...+ million dollar year tax for roads is not to
~ q nernanent burden upon the state
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20

storm is retreatng the clouds will appear to dwindle
in size
If it is moving at right angles to the observer the
motion Of the clouds will be visible
If the clouds appear to be growing larger, it means
the storm is approaching.
Thunderstorms travel with an average speed OF
twenty-five miles hour 1t is possible however, to
tine a storm fairly well by the method described.
Let US suppose that you note the time between
fash and the thunder is thirty seconds The storm is
the storm is eight miles away.
Five minutes later, let US say, the time between
flash an dthe thunder is thirty seconds The storm is
then six miles away.
That means therefore, that the storm has Travelled
two miles in five minutes.
Since the storm is then six miles from where you
are you have exactly fifteen minutes in which to seek
shelter before the storm breaks
If caught in the open in a thunderstorm, three
rules should be remembered. Keep OF q hill crest
keep away from an isolated tree and keep away from
a wire fence.
Lightning may strike a wire fence mile from
where you are and come along the wire fence.
Professor Brooks advises sitting or lying in ditch
as the safest place if caught in the open country in
a very severe thunderstorm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20

nominations ana lI6dJleS Ie4uSdL W dOdI4OOI4 Vic
national origins immigration system.
Senator Norris and other progressyes failed to get
the complete abolition of secrecy they demanded, but
the revised rule, nevertheless is gain.
Proceedings will be open unless it is moved and
carried to have them secret The secret deliberations
may be published if a majority wishes.
Any senator may reveal his vote.
the fulness Of time the senate is likely to decide
that public business really is public business.
Retention of the national origins system for de-
termining immigration quotas, in the face Of plain
evidence that it has been impossible properly to work
them out. is difficult to explain
The present 1890 census basis, which has proved
generally satisfactory, will give way to the new
method July l.
The avowed intention of the national origins
scheme to reduce immigration from southern and
eastern Europe and to increase it from northern and
western Europe. Actually the final aotments will cut
immigration from Germany, Scandinavia and ireland,
and increase immigration from England Italy and
Greece.
While it is too late to prevent the system
from becoming operative, its nequities will become
more and more apparent and agitation for its aban
donment will continue with possibility of success.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine,

A NY time a human muscle or
L a ligament is used over and over
again in the same process over a
long period of time, it is likely to
revolt.
There are numerous occupations
in which such movements are re-
quired and associated with these 'oc-
equations are diseases to which the
name of the occupation and the
word "cramp" usually is applied,
Thus physicians classify these dis
eases as writer's cramp, telegrapher's
cramp, Zimmerman scramp, twist
er's cramp and miners nystagmus.
The telegrapher's cramp is the
result usually Of prolonged fatigue
during complicated movements
that are required for sending mes
sages with the Morse code. The
result of overuse of the tissues in
volved in such sending is spaSm
tremor and weakness Of the muscles
involved.
If the work is persisted in with
out rest, not infrequently there will
be associated with the muscle cramp
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20
Dread as a Tonic

KEAN and all other animals are
4VA internally ordered for the
functioning of fear. The frightened
rabbit runs his best because adrena-
lin fills him with vigor. An individ-
ual devoid of fear is a person of
sluggish refexes and one capable Of
small accomplishment.
I am frank to confess that 7
would prefer to be much Drawer
than I am. There is no utility in
fearing lightning because it comes
too fast TO be lodged by even the
most alert. 1t is undeniably shame
full to be afraid Of peaceful COWS
simply because they have crumpled
horns.
At times I've prayed for courage
Probably 1 shall do so again, but
hereafter I intend to add the def
mite proviso, But Of course I don't
mean that I want to be a brazen
dot"
Copyright. 1929, by The Tines
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| ANNIVERSARY
6 1tt4g. 25, So
STEAMER CROSSES OCEAN
June 20

June ~
IN June 20, 1919, the first steam
" ship succeeded in crossing the
Atlantic ocean.
This was the Savannah, Of $50
tons, measuring 100 feet in length.
originally built to ply between New
York and Savannah as sailing
packet.
She was purchased by Savannah
merchants, and fitted with steam
machinery, the paddle wheels being
constructed to fold up and be laid
upon the deck in stormy weather.
Under the command Of Captain
Steven Rogers, this vessel sailed
from Savannah May 20, 1919, but
did not venture on the high seas I'M
til May 25.
She reached Liverpool, England,
June 20, after a voyage Of twenty
six days-during sixteen of which
she used her paddles. Of Cape Clear
she was mistaken for a ship on fire
and was pursued by the British cut
ter Kite The Savannah afterWard
visited st. Petersburg, Copenhagen,
Stockholm and other foreign ports.
Captain Rogers, having failed to
dispose Of his vessel to the king Of
Sweden, started for home and
reached Savannah Nov. 80, 1919. The
engines and boilers afterward we're
removed and the ship was used as
sailing packet. She was finally
wrecked off the south coast Of Long
Island.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20
Political Guess Game
XXTE are dealing with policy
wv rather than conviction a

XXTE are dealing with policy,
w rather than conviction, all
along the line and the policy
measurably is predicated on poll
tics.
The show has become q guessing
game win regard to the next
election and most of those who
aspire to hold Office imagine that
the crowd still wants Volsteadism in
theory though not in fact.
During the last nine years our
laws constantly have grown more
drastic while bootlegging constantly
has grown more profitable.
Assistant Treasurer Lowman saws
that rum runners are assembling
along the Canadian border in IN
precedented force.
The howl is for them to be
stopped, but the hope is that their
goods will come through all right.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20
IT SEEMS TO ME By H BHo9S

TTNWITTINGLY, Arthur Schrei-
" Der performed a useful service
when he flew across the ocean as
stowaway on the yellow Bird. He
proved that courage is an empty
thing if it remains unmlXed With
wisdom or with purpose.
Too many of us have tendency
to say, "Well, after all, he was a
brave man" about some person who
has lust made a horrible mess Of
things.
1t seems to me that maturity Of
Judgment should suggest that bra
very is a vice rather than otherwise
if it exists in people of low intelli-
gence. Society is not well served by
brave footpads or by courageous
crooks.
Even moron with unf1inching
nerves fulflls no efficient purpose
except in wartime And even then,
7 imagine that raw courage untem-
pered with good sense is hardly
enough equipment for the frSt-class
fighting man.
It is difficult to see in what way
the lad from Portland, Me, contrib
uted to any public good. He nour-
ished his own ego, but at the ex-
pense of others. And upon sober
reflection he ought to feel shame
instead of pride.
There are causes, of course, in
which the man, who is willing to
lay down his life to prove a point,
is of vast value to mankind. But a
youngster who risks death for the
sake of some idle whim puts a
singularly low valuation upon him
self.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20
Thew VIII Rush In

a ND worse than that a fearless
"A fool seldom has enough inlagi-
nation to consider the rights or even
the lives of others. If Schneider
were truly a stowaway he might
seriously have imperiled the aviators
who carried him to Spain. They
had greater need Of gas than of
freight.
OF course, I gravely suspect that
the episode was a hoax and that
the crew was we'll aware Of Schrei-
ber's presence. But, even so, I can
not much admire any youth who is
willing to die for the sake of the
syndicate rights and perhaps two
weeks in vaudeville.
Young Mr.. Schneider might say
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20

When Col. Lindbergh raised
strenuous objections to the name
of Flying Fool he betrayed an
ignorance of American slang, for in
the phrase there is no hint of folly.
When you say of a man, Hes a
dancing fool" no more is meant
than that he dances very well.
But if the words had been in
tended to convey any hint of ir-
responsibility the colonel would
have objected very properly.
In his own story of his flights he
very frankly said that he was
frightened and considered turning
back when first he faced the sleet
storm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20

DON'T ask me about men.
IL have never had time to study
them in my career.-Jane Cowl, &C
tress.
The talkies certainly have a ire
mendous future. They will develop
a technique Of their own, and be-
lieye they eventually will bring
al out a reduction in the number Of
plays produced.-Richard Barthel-
mess, moving picture actor.
=
If sin of the small town is over
familiarity, the sin of the big city
is apt to be underfamiliarity.-
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes.
The policy of the leaders Of the
prohibition forces has been to claim
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20
Setting an Example

GETTING an example almost is a
- lost art in this country. People
seem to think that what they do
does not matter much if what they
say sounds right. When you get right
down to brass tacks, drinking drys
are largely responsible for the trou-
bic we are having with prohibition.
Without their hypocritical assist
ance, it would never have been
adopted, and if they would vote as
they drink, it could soon be put on
a common sense basis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20

to me, cts easy for you to talk, but
I bet you wouldn't take the chance
I did OF course not. Why should 1?
My presence in a monoplane
would tax the motors more severely
than did the passenger from Maine.
And I don't want to go in the
movies nor do feel that vaudeville
is calling for me. By now the bust
ness Of transatlantic kibitzing is
worn out.
I'd rather be a guinea pig for
science than a dead weight in
plane where I was powerless to be
of the least assistance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20
The Need of Fear
THE man wholly without fear i.

TINE man wholly without fear is
4 subnormal. Man never was
meant to be impervious to every
kind of danger. In the days of an
cient man, foolhardy folk who
snapped their fingers in the face Of
any passing mammal never lived to
tell the tale, and left the world Of
progeny.
We are the flower Of ancestors
who watched their step and hid in
caves when the larger lizards gave
their warning signals on nightly
prowls through the dark forests.
The first man who fashioned himself
a spear probably was an individual
who had learned to shiver and
shake in the face Of peril.
A sense of balance is very neces-
sary in the makeup of the superman.
We know that a keen realization Of
risk is not an insuperable barrier
to daring.
A little while ago George Put
nam, the publisher, enticed several
friends to pose for pictures which
were to illustrate Corey Ford's bur-
lesque of Cradle Of the Deep" which
is called Saltwater Taffy."
Two of the volunteers were Rein
aid Werrenrath, the singer, and
Clarence Chamberlin. The photog-
rapher posed them on boom or
halyard (ny nautical knowledge is
inexact) or something protruding
When they had taken their stations,
Werrenrath noticed that the aviator
had turned sickly green.
Whats the matter, Clarence" he
called, do you feel ill?"
You bet I do" replied the fier,
I've always been deathly afraid Of
looking down from high places"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20
Worse Than Fanatics

CONTRARY to prevailing opinion,
- the mess we are in is not at
tributable to fanatics.
Bad as fanatics may be, you know
where they stand, and consequently
how to deal with them.
What confuses the situation is the
vast number of people, many of
them holding office, who preach one
thing, while they practice another
who advocate honest enforcement
put hope it won't be honest, and
who privately help to block the very
measures they publicly indorse.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20
Half PROGRESS

TN spite of all the freaks and fan
l. cies, We continue to make prog
ress. though generally by half
hearted hating steps.
The senate modifies its secrecy
rule" but not to the extent of max
ing roll calls public.
Probably it was too much of a
wrench for the old guard to go all
the way at once.
Senators are left free, however,
to tell how they voted individually
in secret session.
If enough of them tell, We shall
get the necessary information.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20
Oldest Senator

THE senate pauses long ,ough
L in its deliberations to pay de-
served tribute to Senator Francis E.
Warren Of Wyoming on his eighty
fifth birthday.
He is not only the Oldest member
OF the senate but has served the
longest.
What is more amazing, he has
been member of the senate fer
more years than any other man
since the republic was organized,
having occupied his seat since 1898.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20
Ash Can Champion

EDWARD J. O'CONNELL, cham
~ pion ash can roller of Boston.
challenges the world to come and
beat him.
A novel idea in contests, perhaps,
out with as good a basis as some
others that have become popular.
The trouble is that it was born too
late.
The rapid adoption of oil burners
BODIES Ill for the ash can marathon,
no matter how thrilling it might
prove.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20
Cemetery Wedding

THERE is no accounting for some
L peoples taste. Two Tennessee
couples choose to be wed in a ceme-
terry by justice of the peace who
is an undertaken.
Such incidents make 1t easv to
believe that monkeys go insane
watching the antics of human be-
lngs, as the magazine of the Zoo
logical Society declares, and that
they have to take the rest cure ev-
cry SO often, after being put on ex-
hibition in parks and ZOOS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20
CO0Iidge'S Advice

nONT do anything yourself
~ that some one else can do"
counseled Mr.. Coolidge III giving
big business leaders the benefit Of
his wisdom.
I know a better one than that
Don't expect some one else to do
anything you wouldn't.
Leadership is not entirely a mat
ter of efficiency. To be constructive
it must set an example as we'll as
the pace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20

thunderstorm Is
approaching.
Occa i o n ally
thunder may be
heard when the
storm is ten miles
away. In that
case, the lapse Of
time between the
fash and the
sound would be
fifty seconds.
When a thun-
derstorm is OBJ
served in the dis
lance, the first
thing to do is to
a S c e = t ain its
course. II the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20

During the Last Nine Years
Our Ln1US Constantly Have
Gro1On More Drastic While
Bootlegging Constantly Hos
Gro1Cn More Profitable.

D o S TON, Mass. - Wednesday
- brought quite a bit Of advice
from the great and near great.
Mayor Walker told us how to
keep young, Mr.. Coolidge told us
how to run big business, and Presi-
dent Hoover told us how We might
cooperate in behalf of prohibition.
Among other things Mayor
Walker said don't waste time try
ing to get even
1t might help some if dry agents
we're to adopt the suggestion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20
D1etz on Science
Speed of Thunderstorm
Nc, 387

TINE distance of a lightning flash from the OBJ
server as previously explained can be ascertalned
by counting the seconds which elapse between the
sight of the flash and the sound of the thunder.
Each second is about 1000 feet. Five seconds,
therefore are approximately mile
This method, as explained, depends upon the TACT
that light travels with speed OF 10000 miles Sec
ond while sound travels 1066 feet second.
The method can be used as we'll to tell how fast a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers, and are pre-
scented without regard TO their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
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Quotations of NOtabLeS

everything and, by constantly as
sorting that those things are true
which they wish to be true, r. de-
ceive, disconcert and discourage
their opponents.-Julian Cadman,
president of Constitutional Liberty
League. (The Periscope)
A man who hides behind wom-
ans skirts today is not a coward;
he is a magician.-Lord DewaT.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20
REASON
BY FREDERICK LaQOlS
Much of the Tenderness Of
This World Is Due to Our
Dog Lore Many Held in
Kind Remembrance.
BY Frederick Lands

XXTE see by the papers that the
w dog belonging to the late Ed
ward J. Fogarty maintains the high
est canine traditions by refusing to
be Comforted since his masters de-
mise, going without food and other
wise certifying to his sense of loss,
which is unusually fitting, since Fo-
garty picked him up when the dog
was down and out, with no social
standing whatever.
Much of the tenderness Of this
world is due to our dog-lore
In great degree, it's the dogs you
have known which give the quaint
charm of a McCutcheon cartoon to
the days that have gone.
And how they come forth when
Memory summons them from the
kennel Of Time
There's pat, the little rat terrier,
that brother John brought home in
his overcoat pocket that wintry
night so many years ago.
He was good and the greatest ca
reer seemed opening before him
when, all at once, he fell into the
rainwator barrel
Then there was Jack, a name
dedicated to dogs as George is dedl-
Gated to Pullman porters.
He was a fighter superb and loved
combat more than any knight of
the ring. unless it be the late STAN
ley Ketchel
Every morning he licked those
two pedigreed dogs in their own
kennel.
THEN to save him from death
L we gave him away to settlers
going to Kansas and we can hear
to this day that scratching at the
sitting room door two months later.
Opening It. we saw Jack "in per-
son" with the rope still round his
neck, and two feet of it dragging
where he had chewed it off.
He had come back from some
where out vest
Then there vas Major, whose
passing was tragic, if not romantic.
At butchering time he started to
chew an intestinal morsel and I'M
able to disconnect himself continued
to absorb until it was Gates Ajar.
We always think of Major when
involved in a telephone conversation
with one who is unable to bite it off.
r
Carney was the most emotional Of
them all and we still recall the fit
Of JOY he threw when after a days
absence we returned from our first
trip to Lake MaXinkuckee.
The reception which the French
gave Lindbergh was exceedingly re-
strained alongside it.
tt n
ID AGS was the only dog with
IN sufficient diplomacy to win the
confidence and esteem of our yellow
horse and how grateful we were to
hear his sniff inside the door as we
went to the barn at 4 o'clock in the
black mornings to get the horse and
60 forth 10 carry our papers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20

The headline New Soup of Dry Force Seem is
apt to be little misleading, judging by the habits
some of the prohibition agents to have formed
in New York night clubs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20
Daily Thought

Moreover the profit of the earth
is for all; the king himself is
served by the fieid.-Eccl. SO.
CREATION S heir, the world, the
~ world, is mine.-Goldsmith.
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Attend World Session.

BIZ Times NDecfrl
MARION, Ind, June 20-Harley
Hardin, prosecutor elect of Grant
couny, is attending the Interna-
ional Association of Lions Clubs
convention in session at Louisville.
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ID AGS was the only dog with
IN sufficient diplomacy to win the
and esteem Of our yellow
horse and how grateful we were to
hear his sniff inside the door as we
went to the barn at 4 o'clock in the
black mornings to get the horse and
go forth TO carry our papers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-20

Carney was the most emotional Of
them all and we still recall the fit
Of JOY he threw when after a days
absence we returned from our first
trip to Lake MaXinkuckee.
The reception which the French
gave Lindbergh was exceedingly re-
strained alongside it.
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There's pat, the little rat terrier.
that brother John brought home in
his overcoat pocket that wintry
night so many years ago.
He was good and the greatest ca
reer seemed opening before him
when, all at once, he fell into the
rainWatcr barrel