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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-04
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DON'T GAMBLE!
BUY WITH CONFIDENCE.

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to give new car service. Your in
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1928 Studebaker Commander Victoria
1928 studebsker Commander Sport Cpe. SsS
1927 Chevrolet Landau-Sedan .......... 375
1927 Chevrolet Sedan .................. 325
1928 Oldsmobile Coach ........,.,.,.... S45
1927 Chrysler TO Brougham 1870. 405
1929 Chevrolet Cabriolet ............... SOS
1879 Chevrolet Landau-Sed >.......... SOS
wheels ........ o. ....A y. Sos
1927 Nash Advanced Victoria Coupe. 80. Gas
Chrysler $50" Roadster ........... 425
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-04
HUDSON-ESSEX
SPECIALS.

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1927 Hudson Brougham. ...$46s
1928 Chevrolet Coupe. 365
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1925 Willys-Knight Sedan....... 1875
1925 Hudson Coach. :. ....:..... 1875
so other wonderful bargains. Come
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-25
The Boulder Dam Mess

The government is in mess over Boulder dam
and 1t need not have been if Secretary Wilbur had
adopted the plan for handling power contemplated
by congress and recommended by his predecessor in
office and most of the engineers and fact finders who
studied the project.
Congress expected the secretary of interior to
build, equip and operate the Boulder dam power
plant and sell power wholesale to cities, states or
private power companies. 1t provided the necessary
funds AS the house of representatives passed the
bill, this procedure mandatory.
Senate amendments, however, provided alternative
provisions for disposng of the power if necessary
and Wilbur intends to proceed under these He has
divided the power rights at the dam between public
and private agencies and will require them to equip
the plant and operate it jointly.
So he has come into conflict with all the proviso
and safeguards congress wrote into the BILL to make
sure that cities and states should have preference
over private companies in getting power. There is
grave doubt as to whether Los Angeles can meet all
the conditions imposed upon her. And the fate of
the great project which to be a bulwark to the
southwest against flood and drought is uncertain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-25
Pushing Back the Veil

Science pushes out its explorations in time as well
as In space. While certain scientists are drawing up
plans for telescope TO extend their knowledge of the
heavens another trillion times trillion miles other
scientists are seeking to penetrate the veil that hides
the past history Of the earth.
The layman will be interested particularly in the
attempts to piece together early history of man.
1t Is paradox that it is easier to explore star,
twenty trillion miles away, than it is to explore our
own earth. The star is in plain view. But who knows
where to look within the earth for evidence of mans
past?
Discoveries of ancient human or pre-human re-
mains have been few and far between skull law
bone and thigh bone found in Java skull and law
bone IN P1ltdown, Eng jawbone at Heidelberg few
teeth near Pelping. This is the slender evidence
upon which discussion of mans beginning hinges
There are of course, plenty of skulls skeleta re-
mains OF the cave man period but these do not apply
to the problem of the missing link"
Scientists therefore, are eated with the discovery
OF ten headless skeletons and one skull in the
quarry near Peping where the two teeth were found
Perhaps these will throw light upon the question
AS Dr. Gerrit S. Miller Jr. curator of the division
of mammals of the United States National museum,
points out in the report of the Smithsonian institution
there is wide divergence of opinion on the subject
of the missing link
He writes I'VE should not hesitate to confess that
in the place Of demonstrate links between man and
other mammals we now possess nothing more than
some fossils fragmentary that they are susceptible
OF being interpreted either as such links or as some
thing else
The Java skull is thought to be the oldest of the
skulls Dr. Miller points out that in 1896 the opinions
of nineteen writer's divided, five regarded the
skull as simian, human and seven as an in
termedate connecting link
1.-THE controversy which thus began has not yet
ended" he adds proceeding to list fifteen points of
disagreement among modern authorities
He sums up the situation when he writes, "The
things most needed now are more fossils and many
Of them"
Maybe the Peiping discovery will help answer the
riddle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-25
Strin War of Glitter

If we can ever succeed in stripping war OF its
false glamour we shall have done more for the cause
of world peace than all the treaties in the world can
ever do.
War has romantic glitter-proVided you haven't
seen it at close range. That glitter, that glamour
that romantic drum and-trumpet quality that invest
the fighting man and the fighting ship with an
aura more exciting and colorful than anything In
our workaday world, are precisely the things that
make it easy for nations to go to war
Here is an example:
Embedded in the sandy shore of Lake Erie, near
the town of Vermilhon, O., are the decayed timoers
of some long-forgotten ship
The timbers have been there since the boyhood
NJ the towns earliest inhabtant. No knows what
ship 1t was that upon the sands there, perhaps
century ago. and was buried in them as the drifting
wears passed No one knows-and, until recently,
no one cared.
But not long ago some antiquarian or other an
nounced his belief that this rottng hulk was the
wreck of one of the British warships captured by
Commodore Perry in the battle of Lake Erie.
Perry having captured his famous two ships, two
briggs one schooner and sloop" undertook to get
them to American ports. One OF the vessels however
was SO riddled by shot that it was not worth the
effort So according to the antiquarians story, Perry
removed its stores and equipment and let ashore,
total loss.
When this story came out interest in the old
hulk was suddenly stimulated. Metropolitan papers
wrote stories about it. People came to look at the
old timbers, poke at them and moon over them. An
old wreck-that was nothing; but the hulk Of an old
time war vessel was something exciting, something
worth going to see something fit to be talked about
and thought about.
Why should wrecked warship be more picturesque
that a wrecked grain carrtsr? Why have we built up
this false romance about ware
Perry's battle with the British squadron was ex-
citing to be sure But it no more exciting than
the peaceful deeds OF the early Great Lakes ner-
chant seamen. The hardy sailors who took their
clumsy brig and ochooners up the lakes exploring the
unknown bays and islands and carrying the first of
the cargoes that were to build up the whole middle
vest surely did much for their country as Perrys
lighters
Peace is infinitely more romantic than war, If
you look at it In the right way Once we realize that
fact, world peace will be in sight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-25
Questions
and AnSzOers

What Is the value of a United
States half dime dated 1888?
From to Is cents.
What does the name Alice mean?
Noble, or noble cheer.
What are the ages of Gilda Gray
and Dolores Del Rio?
Gilda Gray is % and Dolores De-
Rio is %.
Do the marines belong to the army
or the navy?
The navy.
What is the strongest muscle in
the human body?
The serratus magnus, the large
muscle Of the back.
What is the strongest species OF
bird?
The ostrich is probably the strong
est bird. 1t is noted for its ability
to pull heavy loads and for its fleet
ness of foot. When brought to bay
the ostrich uses its strong legs as
weapons.
How many persons were killed and
injured by air raids on England
during the World war?
The number killed was 1870 and
injured 3,s4l. OF these. ALSO were
oi-ri1;apS The YoidS ure~a r11ada h.,
10 dirigibles and airplanes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-25
Peace and Good viii

At last the prophecy of Bethlehem draws
nearer to reality After twenty centuries
Of resistance, mankind appears to be ready
to choose peace and good will as the basis
of human relationships and lay aside the
hatreds and the warfares which have
marked the years.
The world has been slow in coming to
the manger to find it's inspiration and its
guide.
To the devout, the coming of Christmas
renews the faith which directs and guides.
To the unbeliever, it must inevitably arouse
q hope and a dream for better world and
a kindlier one.
Even while Christian nations are giving
themselves over to the celebration of this
most sacred of days, the people of other
faiths are being compelled to accept the
philosophy of Him of whom the angels sang
'On earth, peace, good will towards man."
Only as good will replaces hate and peace
supplants war, can nations or individuals
attain either greatness or happiness.
Every conference of nations at which
agreements are reached for orderly and
peaceIul dSSOCldLIOl, dL WlllCu CICoIlOo civ
drawn, limiting the ornaments, has its In
spiration in this great dream of peace.
There is every reason to believe that
very soon the statesmen of the world, ex-
pressing the demands of men and women
who have grown weary of war, will dis
cover means of making peace permanent
and war impossible.
Perhaps the spirit of good will may also,
very soon, become the guiding light Of all
human relationships.
There are still many barriers to be over
come. There is still greed and hate and
selfshness. Men still struggle for advan-
tage and too often forget the message Of
human brotherhood.
But as life becomes kindlier and fuller,
perhaps the causes of conflict between in
dividuals may disappear as the causes of
conflict between nations are going.
The Christmas season speeds that day.
It adds to the fund of kindness. 1t lifts the
heart to higher levels 1t brings little
nearer the great dream of good will, when
men will no longer wage their bitter con-
Aicts and when the brotherhood of man will
be a reality, not phrase.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-25
The Good God Meant Her to Serve

fully satisfied, and this mortgage is
hereby Cancelled of record" and it
was signed and witnessed.
The old man laid the document
on Aunt Libby'S breast. and then
he did a most gracious thing: He
lifted her hand and kissed it, and
in a voice that was not harsh at ALL
he said: Merry Christmas, Libby"
He strobe to the doorway The
people about him might have been
made of wood or stone for all the
attention he gave them. He pulled
the door open and then, in voice
| that sounded like q trumpet, he
fairly shouted: Did you think that
I was a damned Shylock, and that
| Christmas means nothing to ME?"
He was gone, out into the night.
o love and tenderness and sweet
ness Of thought and deed! Is there
heart that can not be Softened or
a soul so shriveled that it can not
respond to the finer impulses?
J
! r HEARD a sob and Aunt Libby
l. was crying. 1 had to live many
years before knew that good wom-
en- often weep when they are hap
piest. 1t is their tender means Of
expression. Perhaps you know about
this, too.
The last I saw Of Aunt Libby
! the last time l ever saw her-Was as
we left her bedside and she looked
like a blessed saint as she lay in
the gentle glow of the lights of her
very own Christmas tree. Over her
heart was the Cancelled mortgage,
her certificate Of liberty, a hallowed
document that had served to iron
the wrinkles out Of mans heart.
Thank God she lived for many
more good and useful years; lived to
prove that old DR.. Brewster had
failed to reckon with that most
wonderful of elixirs, human love
pressed down and running over;
lived to mother a new generation of
children who would rise up and call
her blessed.
We tramped along in the snow
under the stars. too dazed to talk,
and soon we were in our own COT
tage with the fire blazing. Father
went to the piano and struck few
vibrant chords. He was deeply
moved by the events of the evening
and so, by the freight we sang
Praise God From Whom All Bless
ings Flow" and we little folks
scanpered away to our beds in the
cold room up under the caves.
Through the window could see
the northern lights, streaking the
sky with color. Had another beau
tiful thought and evidence of hu-
man love been sent out into the
world to shine forever and ever?
Merry Christmas
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-25
REASON By Ff 4ANBIS

ONCE everybody else has submitted cure for
~ crime, we feel 1t is up to to make it unanimous
here goes. '
We should rent all our criminal courts for garages
send all OF our criminal lawyers to the Philippines
gather all the technical pleas all the lousy DELAYS ali
Cne req tape all the fake insanity all the rotten abs
all the packed juries and all the periured witnesses
ana aunp them into the ash can, after which we
should take the tariff off hemp and organize vigil
lance committee in every town and township
The treasury reports that lot of counterfeit 500
bills are in circulation but nobody but the booteggers
has seen any OF them.
This recent crash in stocks is nothing alongside the
fall in value of Pennsylvania voters on the hoo since
Wares physician has informed him that his health is
such tna1 he can not enter into with Grundy
for tho senatorial nomination.
ID LILY SUNDAY declared in Kansas City that long
- skirts naaan bondage for the ladies' from which
We gather that Billy would rather their declara-
tons of independence.
The society people of Washington are complaining
because the Hoovers are not going to give many
parties but the rest of the country will not lose any
sleep If they extend the water pitcher rather than
the loving cup
The Mrs. Gam episode was enough to cause them
to become irresstiby fascinated by the simple life.
NF course. Mayor Kellogg of Lynhurst Ind, was
~ oSeIeAtnuSlaSFlc Wnen ne drew gun and
threatened to shoot the council but at that
1t is a lot more refreshing than if the mayor had
been caught cake-walking with graft.
Even if the council carries out its threat and i'm
peaches the mayor, he should worry.
He can engage good ghost writer and sign synd-
Gated articles for the newspapers and the magazines
The Governor of Indiana would handle bandits by
stationing sharpshooters in high towers to be built
around cities but it would be lot cheaper to put
them stills, or they could just sit UP in trees
Something is radically wrong out in los Angeles
since last month nobody has sued Paneages for a
million dollars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-25
Surgery

a T present, there are only three
L a methods Of treating cancer
surgery, X-ray and radium. Blair
Bells method of treatment by in
lection OF colloidal lead is still in
the experimental stage. While it has
brought striking results in certain
cases, it still is considered highly
dangerous.
The successful treatment of cam
Ger consists in an early diagnosis
and treatment.
AS the cancer grows, cells break
loose from it and are carried,
chiefly by the lymph system Oh the
body, to other parts of the body.
This result in the growth of sec
ondary cancers or metastases in all
parts of the body
Once the process of metastasis
has set in, the case is incurable.
Consequently, the ability of the
medical man to save the life of the
patient depends entirely upon the
patient coming to him before metas-
tasis has occurred.
Many people are afraid to consult
a physician for fear that he will
diagnose a growth as cancer. They
should realize that if it is cancer
and 1t should be remembered that
every growth is not necessarily
cancer-their only hope of life lies
in having it recognized and treated
Immediately.
Authorities agree that the chance
of perfect recovery are extremely
good when early surgical treatment
is given.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-25
u, S, in Peculiar Position
XXTE AMERICANS oppose thu

WYE AMERICANS oppose the
w system, which is paradoxical
considering that our own country
came into existence as one of its
products.
We contend that all peoples
should be allowed to govern them
selves, regardless of condition, ex-
perience, or training, and that by
some caprice of inscrutable fate,
they are fit to do so.
The irony of it is that we find
ourselves compelled to deny some
of them the privilege.
Not only that, but we find it
necessary to excuse other nations
for doing the same thing on a much
grander scale.
Though by inference we denounce
England for remaining in India, or
France for entering Morocco and
Syria, or Italy for taking possession
of Tripoli, we actually are glad,
because it promises new raw ma
terial and new markets for our
industries.
What is more to the point, we
encourage our industries to invest
capital, establish branch houses, and
do everything else that seems de-
sirable for their expansion.
We do this, moreover, with the
certain knowledge that unless some
responsible government exists in the
countries where they operate, they
will get into trouble and yell for
protection.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-25
What Byrd Is Up Against

The ordinary map fails to give one true per-
spective on geography Many people. for example,
are unable to understand just why Commander Byrds
aerial explorations on the Antarctic continent should
be such prodigous undertakings.
II will help you to grasp the extent Of Byrds job
il YOU realize that the Antarctic continent is half
again &c large as the whole United States Consider,
On top of that that the whole is entirely unin-
nabited and covered with ice and snow, crsscrossed
by high mountains and swept by terrific storms.
n that way YOU can see why Byrds job Is 90
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-25
Noble. but Pulling

A LII the while, however, we
L y preach democracy, which is
just another illustration of how
civilized people persist in propagat-
ing their ideas.
China, we say, must be let alone
no matter how much disturbance
she creates, and the Philippines
must be liberated as soon as we
can fit them for lf-government.
All of which is very noble and
very satisfying.
But our marines are in Haiti and
Nicaragua, and when it comes to
naming a day for Philippine indie
pendence, we bubble.
One can not review the general
setup without realizing that no
matter what civilized countries pre-
tend, they are unwilling to take the
risk of permitting the seni-civi-
lized world to run it's own affairs,
just as they are unwilling to take
the risk of letting the mob run a
city.
Hitherto they have undertaken to
maintain order through independent
conquest and colonization, which
has led to the development of vast
empires, to a conflict of interests
and to war.
There seems no remedy for the
system except some kind OF sub
stitute, which will permit civilized
countries to run the world in con-
cert, and that is where League of
Nations or a World Court comes in.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-25
Increase

MANY authorities, however, feel
1YA that even if after due allow
ance is made for all these causes
which lead to an apparent increase
in the cancer rate, that there still
remains q small real increase in the
rate.
Cancer is a malignant growth.
These growths show sufficient va
riety to lead most authorities to
the opinion that cancer is not a
single disease. but group of dis
eases exhibiting similar features.
The two chief types of cancers
are the carcinomata, malignant
growths of the skin and other cpl
theliaI tissues, and the sRrconata,
malignant growths which appear i'll
the connective tissues of the body.
Cancers appear so frequently in
the wake of chronic irritations of
long standing that it Is assumed
though it can not be proved-that
there is a connection between the
two.
Thus the constant chewing of the
betel nut in parts of Asia appear
to lead to cancer of the inside of
cheek. The constant smoking of
a clay pipe appears to lead to can
Ger of the lip.
The cause of cancer is not known.
Attempts to show that certain or
ganiSms or bacteria play role in
the formation Of cancer have not
been proved.
All that is known at the present
time is that for some reason a group
OF cells in the body begins to grow
wild. The factors which keep the
cells at their proper size and num-
Der no longer seem to function. The
cells multiply rapidly in size and
number At the same time, certain
changes in the character of the
cells take place. The result is a
cancer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-25
One-Third Civilized

FIGURE it as you will, by no
Il stretch of the imagination can
more than one-third of the world
be regarded as civilized, whether
from the standpoint of politics, re-
lig1on, commerce, culture or science.
BY the same token, the one-third
that is civilized can not be pre-
vented from believing in its superior
intelligence or exercising its superior
power.
That being so, We have little
choice except to continue the old
imperialistic system, or act together
on an agreed set of principles.
In other words, mandates as Will
son planned, or the old order of
colonization, imperialism and con-
flict.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-25
SCIENCE
Var on Cancer on q Large
Scale VII Be Launched By
Surgeons Neat Year.
Rv DAVID DIETZ

DLANS for war on cancer on a
4 larger scale than ever before
attempted are being made by the
American College of Surgeons, the
nations most important surgical
organization. The offensive against
the dread disease will be launched
in 1880.
Clinics will be held in cities in
all sections Of the nation, according
to DR.. Bowman G. Crowell, chair
man of the organizations commit
tee on the archives Of malignant
diseases.
Sectional meetings of the Ameri-
can College of Surgeons will be held
at the same time. The organiza-
ton has 1000 members, including
the leading surgeons of the United
States.
Members Of the society will be
asked to send their cases to the
clinics. Complete records of all
cases will be made at the clinics and
sent to the organizations depart
ment of clinical research in Chi
cago
Records indicate that death from
cancer is on the increase. In 1920
the death rate from cancer in the
United States was 1874 per million
people. In 1924 the rate had risen
to 900.
A large part Of the increase
probably is due to the keeping Of
better records and the more fire.
quent diagnosis of the disease due
to the increased attention being paid
| to 1t.
It also is thought that cancer Is
appearing more frequently in old
age because more people are living
to old age. The death rate from
childhood contagious diseases is be-
ing steadily reduced.