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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
One Touch of Nature

DUT on a certain night a little
- before he left us, there came
suddenly into the rhythmic stride of
Nurrni a skipped beat. He slowed
and stopped and put his hand
against his side.
And then we knew his as neither
God nor devil, but a man. Finn he
was, but no phantom for evidently
the pain was in his stomach. BY
indigestion he left his ghosthood
and became the brother of us all.
And when the explanation of the
upset was offered, Nurmi took
stride, and longer than he ever
passed out upon a running track,
back into the hearts of the public.
According to the attending physi-
clan, his patient was in distress be-
cause of the fact that he had taken
hearty veal dinner three hours be-
fore competing in the 5,000-meter
run.
am aware that this story was
later denied and that Nurrni's man
ager admitted he had made 1t up
when his star collapsed because he
ran too fast. / hope, nevertheless,
that it is true. At any rate, choose
to accept it and to take the veal on
faith. I want to think Nurni, and
every other superman, as being cap
able Of an occasional spree.
To a dried-f1sh man veal could
easily stand as the widest sort of
dehauchery. Veal is recommended
by none of the dietitians. Every
thing is against it except that II
tastes good. There is no dish I
think quite like schnitzel with an
egg on top.
Nurni is normal and not a super
man. He showed himself on one
occasion, at least, capable of self
indulgence, and that is one of the
true tests of character. I was afraid
that maybe this Finn was in reality
a throw-back to the bad old days
Of Sparta. Fortunately it isn't so.
Those Spartans really we're killed
in that pass. 1t was one of the
most decisive battles in the history
of the world. The small band
fought for more than their meager
homeland They were attempting to
preserve the cold bath in the morn
ing, eight hours of early sleep,
regular exercise, whole wheat bread
and the single standard in drinking
fluids.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
This Date in
Il. s. History

Jan.
INSURANCE made second attempt
to arrange peace between
United States and Confeder-
ateS.
186S-Atlanta made capital of
Georgia.
1394-Fire destroyed World Fair
buildings at Chicago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08

about consists of
nerve cells and is
known as a reflex
arc.
A very short re-
deX arc is shown
in the accom-
panying diagram,
1t consists of
three nerve cells,
or neurons. One
runs from the
sense organ, a
sensitive spot in
the skin, for ex-
ample, to the
spinal cord. There
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
Body Acts Thru Reflex
No. asa

ID EFLEX is the given TO the way in which
IN stimulus evokes response from the human
body For example, you touch hot stove. At once,
you withdraw your finger.
The mechanism by which this action is brought
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08

Q.-Do you know of any
electrical treatment for deaf
ness that. is helpful and safe?
A.-No. Electrical treat
ments thus far are wholly ex-
perimental. Their value has
not been certainly established.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08

An Ohio bank teller embezzled $1,000 which he
said was spent for good liquor" He must have
bought pint.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08

previously. He did it in simple
manner; at least, it seems simple to
us today. For those who do not
understand the way the blood moves
about the human system, the proof
is q revelation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08

What is the average life of a
bird
Most birds have long lives. Small
song birds live from eight to eight
cen years and eagles and vllltures
live hundred years or more.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08

I'm 1923 William Harvey, an Eng
Il lishman, wrote a book in which
for the first time it was proved that
the blood actually circulates
throughout the human body. The
year 1928 was the tercentenary of
this discovery.
In his book Harvey proved a fact
which many had thought about and
written about for at least 800 years
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08

Cambridge professor urges courses in love-
making, leading to diplomas. Wouldn't there be a
grand rush to grant master degrees to Peggy Joyce?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
Daily Thought

Defend the poor and fatherIess;
do justice to the afflicted and
needy.-Psalms 1878.
u n
ATO man ever sowed the grain OF
IN generosity who gathered not
up the harvest of the desire of his
heart.-Saadi.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08

as an d
opinions ex-
pressed IN this
c oiu m D are
those Of one
Of Americas
most interest
lng writers
and are pre-
sented with
out regard 10
their agree
ment with the
editorial atti-
tude OF this
paper.
The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08

David Dietz on Science -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
NJ. e.
TRACY
SAYS.


"AH that is peeded noaO for
men to make a nonstop
flight around the world is
an engine that a0iU stand
the strain
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medic
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08

Der is unquesonaby in those places where poison is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-08

copyright, 1929, Ready Reference Pub
fishing CO..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
That Law We Ask
tFrom the New York Telegram1

tFrom York telegram
one of life's most curious phases is found in what
that great scientist and philosopher Herbert Spencer
termed Legislative momentum"
THE theory" Spencer wrote, ION which he dhe
poltioan) daily proceeds is that the change caused
by his measure will stop where he intends it to stop"
No more striking evidence of the operation of
political momentum ever was presented than that
which prohibition has given us.
Prohibition was designed to abolish alcoholic
beverages. It has not done that.
But
1t has set ur 5 remum crime, the like of
which never has before been seen not even in the
palmiest DAYS of piracy
1t has made us a nation of hypocrites.
It has brought about a general disrespect for law
among adults and an example of contempt for law
BY parents before their children.
1t has corrupted law enforcement officials.
It has increased drinking among women and the
young.
In its name all manner of violation of civil liber
ties have been committed. and scores OF innocent
citizens have been shot down in the futile effort at
its enforcement.
1t has blinded and killed large numbers of citize.is
and ruined the health of others.
All these things and many others have been the
manifold results OF what conceived as single
object.
We are now in the law-makng season of the
year.
Legislatures are meeting throughout the land and
congress is at it again.
fayorite American urge is-@there ought to be
5 law"
It is human nature to turn to government as
cure for our social ills individuals turn to
a doctor to cure our bodily ailments.
Whenever we feel that impulse, let's ask ourselves
what about thk momentum-will the measure We
propose stop when we expect it to stop?
So saying, the New York Telegram now desires to
speak again Of its own proposal
We believe that there should be legal recognition
81 what appears to US as obvious namely: That there
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
Too Much AIike2

THOUGH cities may earn their
4 living in different ways they
live pretty much alike. Detroit is
able to grow rich and populous MAX
ing automobiles simply and solely
because other people want them.
When it comes to traffic and con-
gestion, however, automobiles create
the same problem in Detroit as any
where else. Sowe find the city talk
ing subway-fifteen miles of it at a
cost Of $90000,000. We also find it
talking prohibition, crime and other
subjects which are common through
out the country.
In all respects, save that of max
ing things to sell, Detroit is a very
typical American town, and even in
that it is typical, though different.
This is what the highbrow critics
call Standardization, what they mean
when they say we are getting too
much alike and have lost that
stimulus which comes from variety.
We do not get much variety by
moving from place to place these
days, but we get a lot Of it by living
from year to year.
How could we make improvements
on such a sweeping scale, adopt such
revolutionary Innovations with so
little confusion, if we had not
learned to thira and act in uniform
ways?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
It Needs Explaining

Testimony of Attorney General Sargent an for
mer Secretary of Interior Work regarding their part
in stopping prosecution of Indian Commissioner
Burke falls far short of clearing serious matter.
Far-minded citizens will withhold judgment until all
the facts are known but will insist that those facts be
uncovered as quickly as possible
Sargent and Work told the senate committee on
Indian affairs yesterday that they had interfered with
the grand jury action to protect Burke from alleged
persecution by Assistant Attorney General Parmenter
Sargent added that he had not intended to drop the
Burke prosecution, If investigation substantiated
charges against the Indian commissioner in the Jack
son Barnett case.
But what reason had Sargent and Work to think
that the grand jury proceedings, which they halted
would not properly sft the charges?
An uncomfortable public feeling has been pro-
auced by the apparent ease with which two cabinet
officers behind the scenes can manipulate legal pro-
ceedings
Indictment Indian Commissioner Burke threat
ened" Work wired Sargent please have it stayed.
Mrs. Burke critically ILL.," Whereupon Sargent, who
was in New Hampshire Immediately telephoned
Solicitor General Mitchell in Washington to stop the
case. That was done Mitchell then was to inyesti-
gate the CASE but he testified to the senate commit
tee that he has been too busy.
Now that these charges and counter-charges have
been forced into the open it probably will occur to
Work and Sargent that they mourning grave re-
sponsibty in sdetracking normal legal proceedings
and that having done so they were obligated morally
to proceed at once with private investigation of the
charges.
Again the country has to thank senate commit
tee for throwing the light of inquiry on dealings of
the federal executive departments
This investigating of the activities of the two
cabinet officers is Important in itself It seems likely
also to assure thorough examination into the treat
ment of our Indian wards.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11

constitution, or on the application
of the legislatures of two-thirdS
of the several states, shall call a
convention for proposing amend
ments, which in either case shall
be valid to all ilitents and purposes
as part of this constitution when
ratified by the legislatures of three
fourths of the several states"
What is a "soul kiss?"
A'kiss Of great passion and length.
The phrase was coined several years
ago in referring to final kisses in
movies and plays.
What is the total railroad mileage
in the United States and Canada?
The 1924 total mileage in the
United States was 25O,156 and the
1923 mileage in Canada, 40,094.
What is the Indian population of
the United States?
The 1926 figures are 349.964.
What relation is the daughter Of
a grandfafher's sister to grandchild?
51zs@ G0saSi1 assGs removed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11

sciousness is in this cortex 1t consists of great
many ridges eonvolutions.
The accompanying illustration shows the human
brain in cross section.
The cerebrum is indicated by the Figure SIS"
The other numbers refer to other parts of the
brain. AT 2, the olfactory bulb is shown The optic
nerve enters the brain at 3.
At l. is the stalk of the pituitary body This body is
a small gland.
The part of the brain labeled is known as the OPP
tic thalamus small gland is located at known as
the pineal gland
The part of the brain known as the nlidbrain is
shown at. The cerebeuln is located at 8. The part
shown at is known the pons, while 10 marks the
medula oblongata
There still is much mystery connected with the
brain. The psychologist has by no means discovered
all there is to be found out about the brain.
But the brain is not complete mystery. Much =
known, for example about the functions of each pai
of the brain and about the localization of various
in various parts of the brain.
These functions and OSCILLATIONS will be discussed
in succeeding articles during the next few days.
Many interesting experiments have brought this
knowledge to light Some of these wiz also be de-
scribed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Salt Is Vital Article of Diet

Among savage tribes which live
mainly on vegetables, salt is consid-
cred much as Americans consider
sugar. Children suck sticks of salt
as our children suck candy.
, Sayages carry small pieces of salt
in their pockets and offer it to each
other to lick much as an American
ruralite will offer another a chew
of tobacco. Actually in the past
nations fought wars for the posses
sion of sources of common salt.
A Bulgarian physician, DR.. Assem-
Hadjioloff, in consideration of the
subject published by the American
Dietetic Association, indicates the
way in which the body constantly
takes in salt and loses it in It's
metabolism.
People who eat much meat can
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11

is a distinction between booteggers=between those
who sell poison and those who just sell liquor
Realizing that all law vioators and subject to
punishment believe nevertheless that the penalty
against those who sell poison should be more severe
than the penalty against those whose liquor is not
poison Accordingly we propose that the legislature
Of the state of New York pass statute which would
recognize difference in the seriousness Of the of
lenses. We propose that manslaughter iii the proper
legal degree be the statutory rating for the poison
liquor seller.
In making this proposal, we have given due con-
sideration to the matter of momentum. We are UNI
able to foresee any dangerous hy-products The re-
suits to be secure to us to be clear-cut, and
limited to the one objective intended.
But we do not pretend to be all-wise
We would be glad to have from our readers,
whether they be within without the legal profess
sion, expressions whether such law would bring
forth any of those incidental evils such as have
characterized the momentum" of prohibition.
Unless and until such expressions prove to us
that such law would be harmful in directions that
we do not now contemplate. we will throw in
huence to its introduction and passage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
I Z
SEEMS
TOME
By HAYWOOD
BROUN

A CORRESPONDENT takes me
4 = sharply to task for reverencing
the press above the church and in
the course of his remarks he makes
two statements which are worthy of
clsideration.
IF religion were obliterated from
the minds and hearts of men.
civilization would vanish" writes G.
N. Sharp. And again he says,
"Broun's basic difficulty is to dis
tinguish between things spiritual
and things temporal. Both ethics
and morality are rooted in the
former. Without spirituality there
could be no ethics, no morality. Man
without spirituality would be as in
capable of ethics and morality as
is the ape"
Many share the heresy of Sharp,
but there seems ample reason to be-
lieve that they are quite mistaken.
Civilization as we know it does not
depend primarily upon religious be-
lief of any sort.
If by some miracle, every citizen
of the United States were converted
to atheism on some peculiar Tues
day morning things might very well
go on pretty much the same as usual
by Wednesday.
1t is beyond the power Of an in
dividual to say dogmatically wheth-
yer nation of unbelievers would
have higher or a lower moral
standard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11

do without added salt because they
obtain salt from the blood of the
animals they eat
Meat contains considerable guam
titles of sodium chloride, as do also
saltwater fish, but the fruits and
vegetables, and particularly fine
hours, contain very little salt.
The fact that certain quantity
of salt is needed by the body should
not be taken as a warrant for over
sailing foods by those who like TO
stimulate their sensation of taste.
The human system is built SO that
the amounts of substances needed
are definitely controlled through
automatic regulating systems. Elk
cess of any substance upSets the
balance and throws an added burden
on the tissues.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
Near to Liberty

DETROIT is a border town and
~ rather better off because of it.
ITS people have to travel only half
mile for that liberty, which is
denied by the eighteenth amend
ment and the Volstead act. Whether
this makes for more drinking, is
certainly makes for less racketeer-
ing.
Detroit is one town in which
lords of the underworld have small
hope of establishing a monopoly of
private thirst.
All your Detroiter has TO do to
beat the local market is take the
ferry to Windsor, which calls to
mind the part prohibition is playing
and the still more important part
it may play in the relations be-
tween Canada and ourselves.
AS might naturally be expected,
our government would like to have
Canada cooperate more whole
heartedly in helping to maintain a
drought. Canada can not see the
thing just that way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
Common Bridge Errors
AND HOW TO CORRECT THEM
BY w. w. WENTWORTH.

spades from closed hand, king of
spades in the dummy on the next
round and ace of spades in closed
hand on the third found.
The Correct Method-The only re-
entry in the Dummy is the king of
spades. After capturing the first
trick with the ace of diamonds, De-
clarer plays the 8 Of clubs and
illnesses the queen of clubs.
Then the ace of clubs is played
and this is followed by playing a
small club and trumping it in closed
hand. This establishes the club
suit and queen of spades and ace
of spades are played thereafter.
On the third round of spades, De-
cIarer leads up to the king of spades
in Dummy, using that trump as a
re-entry, and barring a freak dis
tribution of the cards wins game
going tricks with the remaining
clubs. If trumps are first exhausted
Declarer can not hope to establish
the club suit for the necessary re-
entry is removed from Dummy.
The PrincipIe-When you require
re-entry in the Dummy to estab-
lish side suit, seek one in the
trump suit.
Copyright. 1923. Ready Reference Pub
lJEnlnR
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
The Crime Problem

7 IKE most other states, Michigan
IL is giving serious consideration
to the crime problem, particularly
as it is affected by pardons and
paroles in connection with the more
serious offenseS.
Senator Condor has prepared q
joint resolution proposing con-
stitutional amendment which would
take the pardoning power away
from the Governor, placing it in
the supreme court, and which would
make those convicted of first degree
murder ineligible to pardon, COM
mutation or reprieve.
Incidentally, Senator Condor is
an opponent of capital punishment
and led a fight to abolish it in the
last session of the Michigan legis-
lature.
Us idea of restricting the pardon
Lower may seem unnecessarily ex-
ATeme, but is entirely consistent with
such an attitude, for nothing has
dom, more to keep capital punish
merit on the statute books of this
country than the abuse of execu-
tive clemenry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
A Missing Witness

About forty persons appearing daily before the
house ways and committee, which is holding
hearings f. -raratory to drafting new tariff bill
Most of these witnesses want higher tariff for
their particular industry. But we have not seen
among their names that of old Ult Consumer, other
wise known as John Smith, the fellow who pays the
freight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
One Necessary Step


Il seems reasonable to suggest that The
best way to prevent return of Stephenson
ism in any form to this state is to wipe out the
innovations introduced by that very alert and
farseeing dictator when he was, building his i'll
fated and ill-starred dictatorship.
The legislature. which would be very ready
to deny that it had any friendship for either
the notorious convict or his methods, could do
worse than to analyze the means by which he
rose to his high eminence.
Stephenson, If history be remembered, saw
that the way to elevate Ed Jackson, then sec
rotary of state, to the governorship, was to
take away from Governor McCray all possible
political power and lodge it in the office of the
secretary Of state.
He understood how control of the state
police. the issuance Of auto licenses with its
bureau in every scounty and its wide distribu-
ton of patronage the control of all stock IS
sues could be made Of immense advantage
The adroit mind changed the whole theory
of the state government when he took power
away from the chief executive and placed it in
an Office, which by its very name, suggests that
it should be largely clerical
Certainly if the Governor is to be held re-
sponsible for the results of his administration,
he should be given all the power to make good.
There can. by no stretch of the magma
ton. be any reason why the state police should
he under the secretary of state. They execute
laws. if they do anything they are supposed
to do II they have military character, they
should be under the adjutant- who IN
turn is directly under the Governor.
Yet these state policemen during the last
four years have been in more action on politics
ihan in law enforcement.
The very fact that they are now engaged in
trying to unrave series of desperate law VIC
lations in one northern county, carries with it
an indictment Of indifference or laxity in the
past four years
If the state police are at all useful, it ought
not to take a bank robbery, a murder, clan
destine escapade of county official to call at
tention to the fact that bootleggers paid $3.50
for safe conduct of liquor trucks through one
county.
Had they been on the job they would, If
only by accident, have stumbled on to this fact
long before the murder brought it to attention.
One Of the first steps of the legislature
should be survey of the situation and deci-
sion to wipe out the last vestges of Stephen
sonism by taking away the tricks that he IN
troduced,
The Governor is barred by law from sue
ceeding himself. There is a reason for this. The
constitution tried to fix it so that man who
achieved this high office would not be tempted
to use his powers for further honors.
The use of power for political advantage
has been the root of many evils
This legislature, if it desires, can hit at the
cause of much dissatisfaction and misrule.
1t is time to give the executive the work
and power and authority and responsibility of
an executive and to keep clerical officials do
ing clerical jobs