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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
REASON BY rF 19%n1s

IF Governor Roosevelt of New York thinks seriously
OF running for President against Hoover in 1882,
he must so after these crooked Tamnany ofncials
hammer and tongs. In fact, the open hostility of
Tammany is indispensable to his success.
The Governor has only to turn few pages of
history to learn that the quickest way to gain the
affection Of the Democrats of the nation is to twist
the Tarnnany tigers tail
It might beat him for reelection as Governor, but
he must take that chance if he looks longngly toward
Washington.
CyANUEL. J. TILDEN became national leader of his
- party because he prosecuted Tweed of Tam
many and drove its crooks out of public life and
some of them into the penitentiary.
And Grover Clevelands greatest claim to party
popularity was Taurnany hatred Of him.
He was renominated in 1892 over the most bitter
opposition, of Tammany, that great orator. Bourke
Cochran, launching never-t o-beforgotten protest,
but the delegates felt did General Bragg Of Wis
consn. who said OF Cleveland: I'VE love him for the
enemies he has made!"
So it should not take FRANKLIN Roosevelt long to
grab the OLD shotgun of the wall and give Tanmany
both barrels
We believe he viii DO it. not only for the sake
of expediency but for the better reason that he is
a gentleman Of the highest character.
row it must delight the heart of Al Smith to look
i upon the discontinue of the political organza-
ton which opposed him in the last election, for it
was Tamnany which stuck the dagger into its for
mer idol because he caused the investigation of GER
tain Tammanyites who later went to the peniten-
tisry.
Mr.. Smith will be able to contemplate Mayor
Walkers present embarrassment without COM
plete nervous breakdown for he and the mayor love
each other almost as much as Raskob and Tom Helm.
In public they hand each other the massaging
cream, but in private they say it with daggers.
This is the way Of politics; it always has and it
always will be: 1t is thing Of hatred and jealousy.
They begin to hate each other when they get into
politics and they stop it when tlsy die; that Is, the
rnilder ones do
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
Ellis Island Censors

The state department and the immigration au-
thortes already have assumed to censor our politics
In the Karolyi and other cases they have felt it
necessary to protect from foreigners of liberal
tendencies There has been no comparable solicitude
lest become contaminated with royalisn, Fascism
or autocracy No ultra-conseryative foreigners have
been excluded from our shores.
Now the immigration authorities apparently want
to decide who shall teach our children. Miss Elsa
Hewitt talented and cultured young English woman
was engaged by the Manumt school at Paving
N Y. to teach music. She is the daughter of
former member Of the British parliament
The Manunit school is an experimental school
of high standing It is run by Nellie Seeds Nearing
and sponsored by various labor organizations-A F.
Of L. unions and the Annalgated Clothing Workers.
Miss Hewitt's passport has been approved by the
American consul at Geneva, and she has been given
professors visa The consular visa is legally su-
preme and the immigration authorities have no au-
thority to go behind it. At most they only can as
sure Il 5mselyt thai the passport and visa are
genuinH
All INT well until the authorities at Ellis island
saw the letterhead Of the Manumt school, with its
labor connections Then suspicion ared in the bosom
of the authorities lest Miss Hewitt might not be
proper person to instruct young America. She was
subjected to inquisiton. Among other questions
she was asked if she was "a Soviet
1t was declared that she would be g destructive
force In America. She Is not Communist. She has
no destructive record. -.
The pretense on which her admission was denied
was that she had not taught the required two years
Actually. she had taught more than two years
We have come to pretty pass if Ellis Island is
to censor our teachers and our schools.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

One of the difficulties with the
use of the tape is the fact that it
may become soiled or detached in
washing. At the same time that
the tape is put on the baby a sec
ond piece of tape similar to the first
is attached to the wrist. of the
mother.
Another method 1aYolves-the use
of a necklace of beads made up Of
the letters of the child's name, this
being put around the child's neck
and, clamped immediately after birth.
E. In some institutions footprints of
the child are made Immediately
after birth, and these footprints are
part of the record Of the child's
birth and GIFTS weight. OF course,
the record of the weight of the child
constitutes q, method of identifca-
ton, since the weight curves of the
individual usually are distinctive.
A Boston physician recently has
suggested the use Of army alum
mum Identification disks which are
punched on opposite ends and are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
Everything for Smash

7 DO not see how the time could be
4 much more ripe. After all, even
an author of mystery stories could
ask for little better than the sud-
den and strange disappea ance of q
supreme coure justice just at the
moment when the courts came IN
der fire.
Never have the stripes Of the
tiger doomed bIacker and more per-
ceptible against the sun, and yet life
goes on about the same as usual,
and people wonder whether Babe
Ruth will catch up with Hack Will
son.
I have promised not to campaign
in this column, but for the life of
me I don't see how plain, down.
right dishonesty can be a partisan
question. I don't see why men and
women of all political faiths can fail
to rise up and rebuke Tammany
by whatever means seem most ap-
propriate to them.
But let me warn the leaders Of
all camps not to fall into the trap
where so many reformers have per-
ished. Honesty and efficiency can
wear just as bright and smiling a
face as ever graced a dapper mayor
in any city.
There are. perhaps, not few who
feel that the role of Tammany is
not unlike that Of Robin Hood
That, of course. is lie, but per-
sistent one There never yet was
a political machine which did not
prey upon the poor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
1T SEEMS TO ME BY H BFcSS

task ahead of him, singing a battle
song with a Tilt
After all. the problem need not be
insuperable. It is simply that some
man or men (and also read woin-
an or women should tackle the
task of proving to us the undeniable
fact that, it is quite possible for a
big city to be both gay and hon
est.
Let's get rid of the notion, once
for all, that reform administra-
ton will require any reveIer. even if
pure in heart, to go to bed at 8
o'clock without his supper. AS a
matter of fact, it is not necessary
for anybody to lengthen his coun-
tenance. even though the times have
put us all face to face with serious
business. One can jest as he strikes
home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
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COOPER'S BIRTH
Sent. Is

NN sept. IS. 1889, James Fenni-
" more Cooper, American novel
ist, whose works critics say entitle
him to rank as one Of the greatest
literary geniuses of America. was
born at Burlington, N j., the
eleventh Of twelve children.
In his second year he was taken
to Cooperstown, Otsego county, N.
Y. where his father built large
estate. His boyhood was spent on
the frontier of civilization, sur
rounded by forests and the menace
Of raids by the Indians.
After attending a village school,
young Cooper received private in
struction from an Albany pastor.
5 When he was IA, cooper went to
Yale, but was SD much more inter-
ested in the out of doors that he
was expelled in his third year for
neglecting- his studies.
He then decided to become a sail
or in the merchant service. After
six years of this experience, he set
tied in Westchester county. New
York, his wife's home, where he be-
gan to write.
His second work. 1.-THE spy" at
once secured for him a place in the
first rank of novelists. But what is
regarded as his highest achieve
ment IS his THE Last of the Mo-
hicans.'
Famed as he was. Cooper per-
sonally was hated in this country
because of his indiscreet remarks in
Europe about the American people.
With fewer crying faults" one
writer has said. che would in all
likelihood have been our greatest
author"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
Birth Control Progress in Europe

According to old Faster Nautilus, the most oninous
and persistent enemy Of the race is mans ability to
produce more osprings than he well take care Of.
Nautilus believed that this menace Of population pres
sure always would hover on the horizon to threaten
the welfare Of the race.
The history of the last hundred years has con-
Armed Nautilus assertion that prosperity be as
sured only if we keep the population down to that
level which can be supported in decency, What Is
the prospect that we shall learn how to do SO and
ultimately remove forever the specter of excess popu-
latonP
Such progress as Is being made in America must
take place under cover we still have our statute
books barbarous laws against the dissemination Of
birth control knowledge even by licensed physicians.
In Europe there are promising developments, briefly
described by Guy Irving Burch in Current History.
Both birth and death rates seem to be on steady
DECLINE in the more civilized countries of Europe. In
the thirteen European countries from which We have
data the birth rate in the period from 1919 to 1923
was "a for 1000 population in that from 1924 to 1927
it. was 1875.
In northern and western Europe the rate of popu-
laton growth is declining and may become stationary
according to the views of DR.. Robert E Kuczynsd In
Germany, Holland, the Scandinavian countries and
England and Wales we find relative freedom in giving
out birth control information
Germany gives contraceptive information in all
permanent marriage stations. In Holland there are
more than fifty birth control centers, which give out
facts and instruction.
The most interesting news comes through the re-
searches of Dr. Karl Edin in Stockholm. 1t has been
stock argument of Observation-Disclosures that birth
control will be practiced only by the weto-da Hence
those who ought to have large families will be able and
likely to have small ones. The poor will go on having
hocks Of children
DR.. Edin finds that in Stockholm such is not the
result Here birth control has been legal and in vogue
long enough that the lower classes have come to
practice it very widely AS result the upper classes
in Stockholm having larger families than the
lower classes.
Thus the dream of the advocate of birth control
and eugenics is being realized and main argument
Of the DOGGY rongers has been refuted
We now may be on the biological path to content
men peace, prosperity, and progress insofar as these
depend upon controlling the population in the interest
of human welfare here and now
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
Cooking by Radio

A RADIO tube having a wave
IN length Of six meters (approxi-
nately eighteen feet) has been used
in the experiment. AS radio fans
will realize, this is an extremely
short wave. Most broadcasting is
done on waves ranging from 200 to
600 meters in length.
This new tube generates short
waves of such intensity that pieces
of metal left lying near it become
red hot as a result of the radio
waves passing through them.
An electric light bulb or neon
tube lights up brilliantly when left
near the radio tube.
Medical tests show that the blood
temperatures of persons in the
vicinity of the tube rises to 100 de-
grees Fahrenheit within fifteen
minutes.
Demonstrations of cooking by
radio have also been made in the
G. z. laboratory.
"A wire was suspended over a
table, DR.. Whitney says, cat a dis
lance of few feet from the radi-
ating aerial, which was copper bar
about ten feet long.
"A sausage in a glass container
suspended from the end Of the wire
was soon cooked. Likewise an egg
was fried in this contained, and
an apple spitted on the end of the
wire was baked thoroughly in
short time.
with suitable changes Of uten-
sils, cookies were baked and water
boiled, There were no flames or
other visible evidences of. heat &C
companying the cooking"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
Ne LANE there have been rum-

NF LATE there have been rum
" blings of civic discomfort about
corruption. Soon there will be talk
of fusion and reform. But the prog
ress of reform in every large Amer
lean city is always difficult.
:. To some extent the reformers are
at fault. They. have not fought suf-
f1ciently against the popular mis-
conception that honest government
is in some way tied up with gloomy
government.
Tammany and similar political
organizations have succeeded in get
ting into the mind of the average
voter a curious. belief that there can
be no freedom in personal conduct
without 1axness in administration.
People would rather have honest
judges than crooked ones, but some
will hesitate if they feel, however
mistakenly, that they must choose
between curfew and corruption. Un4
til almost the last gasp men and
women prefer circuses to bread.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15

but an absence Of vital interest upon
the part of members of the 1aity.
Many Of lis live with the hope and
the expectation that we, are never
going to get into court. anyhow. and
so why worry about the caliber Of
magistrates and judges?
Even now I fail to- find little
groups of citizens assembling on the
street corners to discuss the charges
against Ewald and WHALE. They
ought to be made to care. They
must be made to care.
All the material is at hand, but the
precise and proper stage manager
has not yet framed the show into
the proportions of a sure-fire hit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
Barriers Block Trade

IN spite of all the lip music about
4 peace, humanity is faced with
such a network of tariffs and other
artificial barriers to trade as never
was surpassed, if indeed ever
equaled, in all history. Though
protesting willingness to cooperate
on the broadcast lines and though
sinking a battlestip now and then
to prove that the spirit is genuine,
most Of the great nations are racing
one another to see which can do
the worst job of spelling trade.
And We Americans are leading the
line, not only with an unconscion-
able tariff bill. but with an attitude
which, though -couched in beauti-
full and sympathetic language, tells
the rest of the world it can go to
hell, provided we get ours.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15

Following is the explanation Of
Rtpley's Believe It or Not" which
appeared in Saturdays Times:
The Most Costly Signature
Jose Maria E5Omo - Jose Maria
Romo,- deputy and landowner of
the state of Sonora, Mexico, was
one Of the signers of the famous
plan de Hermosille,' - a document
which initiated the Mexican revo-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15

How can rusty screws be removed
from castings?
Soak the parts we'll in kerosene.
tap the screws and bolt lightly.
Often screws may be loosened by
heating. the parts Of the castings
which contain the bolts or screws,
which will expand the metal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
Nj. E. Tracy
SAYS:

Encouragement at WaShing-
ton Of Foreign Relations
Far More Serious Than
Mistakes Made IN Domestic
Affairs.
A MERICANs are not as jubilant
"a as one might expect over the
victory Of the Enterprise in the first
international cup race. As a matter
OF fact, a vast majority would like to
see Sir Thomas Upton 80 home
with the cup.
This frame Of mind deserves more
attention than it has received. Il
augurs well for the future, that 2
great nation can lay aside its patri-
otto preludices to the extent. OF
wishing a grand old SPORTSMAN well.
If We can be broad7linded in the
matter Of yacht r5ces. Olympic
meets and tennis tournaments, the
time may come when ne will find it
possible to approach other and more
serious problems in a similarly In
telligent way.
One hopes so. at least. Otherwise
the future would be dark indeed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
Indirect Graft
UNFORTUNATELY. the taxa

UNFORTUNATELY, the taxation
~ imposed by petty graft is often
indirect. The expense which prop
erty owners incur upon occasion in
fixing inspectors is passed directly
along to the tenants in even the
most squalid tenement. But there
remains outings and picnics and
fixing things up for friends.
It is, perhaps, inevitable that
some individuals will continue to
find a benevolent streak in the IL
gers tail. It seems to me that any
st. George who raises up his sword
to slay the dragon should be a
happy warrior. pfessed with the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15

luton of 1929, headed by General
Escobar, Topete and others.
In March, 1880, Judge Silvio Of
the superior court Of Sonora, rem
dered a decision that Rono's sig
nature on the plan makes him
liable for the full amount of cost
and damages which the Escobar
revolution entailed to the Mexican
government and people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
BIunder After BIunder

a S Graham. declares. the. doc
"A trine bf protection not only has
become so popular that the world
is likely to see still higher tariffs.
but it was the United States that
set the example. Worse still, it was
the United States that insisted ON
debt settlements which have accom-
plished nothing 50 distinctly as to
freeze international credit, and. re-
tard the recovery Of international
trade -
Splendid isolation as a political
slogan, while our growing manufac-
turers need increased markets
abroad, refusal to sit at the worlds
council table, though we insist on
an international bank to make sure
that other nations hand us the
money just as fast as they get it
from Germany. interfering with the
domestic affairs Of Latin American
countries in the name Of doctrine
which was designed for their pro
lection against Just such interfer~
ence on the parts Of other countries
who wonder that we find ourselves
at the end of a blind alley or that
our people should be suffering in
COnSeQuenCe2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15

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 uaper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
Results Far Reaching

MTOR is the misfortune wholly a
IN matter Of dollars and cents.
Hospital Commissioner Greef Of
New York attributes the substantial
increase Of mental patients to the
effect of worry over unemployment.
People out Of work face more than
idleness. If some of them get sick.
others get into mischief. Who
doubts that racketeers have gained
much added support in the-presencs
of hunger and want?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15

The total has been assessed at
100000 pesos, for which the
Mexican government has eXecu-
ton against Romos holdings in
Sonora. Thus his signature has
proved to be the most expensive
ever affixed in history.
Tuesday-The World is Like a
Billiard Ball.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal of the American Medical
Association. and Of Hygeta, the Health
nTaeaziue


Association, and Of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
A T least once in every three or
L n four years the public is startled
by publicity relative to the charge
that the infants born under hospital
conditions have been confused
through some error in hospital tech
mic and that the parents have been
presented at their departure from
the institution with the offspring of
some other family.
It is doubtful that this accident
ever occurs in any modern hospital,
since the methods devised for con-
trolling the situation are as sound
as any human achievement. The
method most frequently used in
wolves the writing of the mothers
name on a piece of adhesive tape,
which then is fastened to the back
of the baby. This tape is put on
the child as soon as it is born
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
Below Par

THE American bench, with a few
i isolated exceptions, is not very
high grade. If it falls well below
par the lack is not proper material
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15

Women ale to wear skirts longer. And if the bust
ness depression continues they'll be wearing EN-
longer than they expect.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15

In spite of the turmoil in China the Office punster
points out they still manage to keep coolies days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15

As much as American pug1isttc talent Is to be d.
olored, we still have our Aimee Mcpherson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15

The farmers seem ready to acknowledge that the
fellow who wrote 1T amt goin to rain no more" was
somewhat Of seer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15

Time was when city folk focked to the parks to
escape the heat; now you'll find them in refrigerated
movie houses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15

Just as the noise abatement committee had
solved its major problems, along comes announce
ment of the discovery of a musical instrument
which is combination of the saxophone and bag
pipe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15

Congress, news item says. has appropriated
$4,000 to eradicate the Florida sand fly What do
they mean, Capone?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15

Which is the last United States
battleship TO be put in commission?
The West Virginia.
What were the theme songs of
Alias Jimmy Valentino and @In
Old AFizona?"
The theme song Of "Alias Jimmy
Valentine" was Love Dreams" and
MY Tonia" was the theme song Of
In Old Arizona. .
What do the names lone and
Augusta mean?
lone. delight; Augusta, exhaited.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15

Now that whisky and brandy have been approved
as necessary medicinal agents in the practice of
dentistry. it won't merely be figure of speech here
after to refer to person suffering with toothache as
having a swell time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15

God is the only sire foundation
on which the mind can rests
Irenaeus Prime.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15

New York man who stole dollar watch the
other day was sentenced to from twenty 70 forty
years in prison. Had he taken a more expensive
movement he might have been given more correct
time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
Daily Thought

Thou shalt have no other Gods
before me.-ExOdus 2O.3.