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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-10
BACHELOR is JAILED
Roman viii Have Passed Taxable
Age by End of Sentence.

MILAN, November CN..AN.A.--
Quinto Chierino, q Roman bachelor Of
so, went cheerfully to prison ION prin-
ciple" the other day. He had either to
get married or pay the special tax levied
on unmarried men, and since he re-
fused to do either he was sentenced 10
IS days imprisonment His smile had
a deeper significance than some people
thought, for by the time he has served
his sentence he will have passed the
taxi
(Copyrirht, 1880. by North American Ne<s-
paper Alliance)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-10

his trousers over one arm. That's the
last ! saw of him"
This was the testimony Of Mrs Mol
lie B. Clark Of this city in her suit for
divorce She got the divorce.
(Copyrisht, 1880. by North American News
paper Alliance)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-10

After walking up and down the plat
form whiStling the "Stein Song" re-
Gently. Henry Spiers fell in front Gt
a train at Lower Edmonton, LondorA
and was killed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25
More Hypocrisy

A MILLION men under arms in
N China, and, perhaps, an equal
numer of bandits. We should be
more interested in what they are
doing if they were only ten miles
away instead of 10000. They are
a good deal nearer to us now, how
ever, than they would have been
100 years ago.
So, too, is the heavy firing report
ed on the northern border Of India,
the monarchist upheaval in Hun
gary, and the nitrate combine in
Chile. From an economic stand
point we gradually are being sucked
into the maelstrom of world af-
fairs, which means that we should
pay some attention to them from
political standpoint.
Instead OF facing the music we
are trying to alibi ourselves with a
lot of cheap talk about splendid iso-
lation, and lot of cheap rules and
regulations for the alleged purpose
of maintaining our living standards
and keeping our skirts uncontami-
mated.
Patriotism has become an excuse
not only for unconscionable tariffs,
but for unwise immigration laws,
and every nation in the world is
employing it, Notwithstanding all
the charming conversation regard
ing world court, peace pacts and
the grand new order Of things.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

, stomach, or from several other con-
ditions, involves the use of many of
the newer delicate tests that a spe-
cialist in internal medicine can en-
ploy, as well as a great deal of
knowledge of the manifestations of
the various diseases concerned.
In an earlier day the physician
was compelled to base his examina-
ton of the condition of the gall
bladder on what he could feel with
his finger beneath the edge of the
ribs.
He still employs these measures,
but in addition he is likely to make
X-ray pictures to see if there are
stones in the gall bladder; to inject
substances which localize in the
gallbladder and help to make it
visible to the X-ray; to pass tube
through the stomach into the small
intestineS and to take out some Of
the bile from the intestines.
Diseases of the liver involve gross
changes in the organ due to in
fanmation, infection, poisoning by
various metals which affect the liver
particularly, hardening of the liver
due to the effect of alcohol, or
changes brought about by food poi
sons, tunorS of the liver, infection
by tuberculosis, or some of the
venereal disorders.
Since the liver is so intimately
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25
Our Debt to Andree

A ship today is bringing back to civilization
weird memento of the past 1t is the body OF August
Andree who foated away in a balloon thirty-three
years ago or then perilous journey to the north
pole.
Despite the TACT that he has been dead more than
thirty years, his body has been preserved in the
ice in which it found.
To any one with imagination there is something
eere in the thought that in all that time he has lain
in that vast scene of loneliness sort of monument
to the progress in which he valiant pioneer.
The evidence is that he was the last of his little
band to die 1t sets one wondering what were his
experiences his hopes his fears, in those late terri
flying hours thirtythre years ago when he saw his
companions expire by
We can imagine standing alone at last amid the
ice that was to become his sepucher. Perhaps he
thought of a warm fireside in whose glow he once
basked Christmas neared, and listened to the story
of the wondrouS Santa Claus, who soon would sweep
down from the very northland where he Stood
He knew that his dream of glory and adventure
had become close kin to that other dream of his
childhood
A Robinson Crusoe stranded on desert island,
may hope. A ship can come at any time. But Andree
knew that no ship would penetrate this icy faStness
where he stood. The north wind howled across the
frozen waste, though in mockery of the aspirations
of puny man. The hungry wolf gave tongue. A
numbering halted and shifted the air. 1t growled
and turned aside. Death, it could infict, but why
trouble? Leave it to the elements. They had
way.
And so perhaps Andree stood and thought of
many things-of easy paths that he might have
chosen; of the comforts of home with kindly hands
to minister to him and bright eyes to welcome him
and hearts to love him. But too late, now. He had
preferred to gamble with DEATH and death held the
trumps
All this is pure imagination, of course. No man
ever will know the facts. We only know that August
Andree dropped from sight thirty-three years ago
and that the finding of his body opens the door of
a forgotten yesterday,
But it is an important yesterday for had there
been Andree there might never have been Com
mander Byrd any of the rest who were awakened
to the possibilities by the pioneers who possessed great
courage, but lacked the better equipment of today
The paths of progress are strewn with the bodies
of pioneers for death turks in the shadows of I'M
bazed trails.
A generation ago there laughter in the little
red schoohouse when the star pupil recited or Fri
day afternoon:
Darius Green and his flying machine"
But the failure of a Darius Green and the failure
of an August Andree constitute dreams that never
would have come true had there been no dreamers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25
Gallbladder knowledge Saves Lives

bound with the digestion and with
the creation and maintenance Of
the blood, extensive studies of the
blood and of the various secretions
and excretions are necessary tC
make an exact diagnosis.
In the days when men used 'to
drink tremendous quantities Of
alcoholic liquors day after day
cirrhosis or hardening of the liver
with the development OF hobnail
surfaces was an extremely common
complaint.
AS times and conditions have
changed this condition is seen more
and more rarely.
On the other hand, modern in
dustry has introduced the use OF
chemical substances of poisonous
nature which frequently manifest
their first serious effects upon the
human being by producing changes
in the tissue of the liver and. corr
respondingly prompt changes in the
blood.
Scientific investigators study these
problems not only by chemical and
physical studies Of the human body,
of the blood and other fluids, but
by careful examination of the, or
gans after death in cases in which
fatalities have resulted from pois-
oning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25

r HAD hoped that with the on
l. rush of autumn, the end of the
drought and the breaking of the hot
spell the open season on bathing
beauty contests was already here.
But still another competition looms
up above the horizon.
The Weekly Taxi Sun informs me
that it has issued a call for volun-
teers and will soon award a prize
to the winner. The lucky girl will
be hailed officially as Miss TaXicab.
This title has never been placed
in competition before. To me it Sug-
gests possibilities. Other branches
of the automotive trades may copy
the idea.
Who knows out that before the
snow flies we shall be seeing front
page pictures of some fortunate miss
who has been selected above all
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25
Public Opinion Still Rules

That Gerard list of rulers of the United States
is all right if it isn't taken too seriously AS sum-
mer diversion or controversial rag, it may serve an
entertaining purpose. But there is some danger that
many people may believe it is true when. in fact,
it isn't true at all.
Whether the number be So 81 1000, the truth is
that no group of mlionaires rules this country or
can rule it-except in one way and that is by con-
trolling public opinion.
In the long run. public opinion rules the United
States and will continue to rule it long as our
form of government remains unchanged. If the sue
cessful newspaper publishers listed in Gerars hall
of lame have any right to be there ALL it is only
because they are believed to have influence public
opinion. But they together are only drop in the
journalistic bucket.
We have had repeated instances of the. failure
Of big newspapers in big cities to control pubits
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25
IT SEEMS TO ME BY HF EE045%

two young women in charge of a
Communist children's camp re-
ceived two months in Jail on the
charge that they had insulted the
American flag.
There is difference of testimony
as to what actually occurred. 1 am
more interested in the events which
led up to the episode.
Everybody admits that super
patriots in the neighborhood were
the aggressors. A mob of several
hundred busy-bodies took a flag to
the camp and insisted that the
two young women kiss the Stars
and Stripes.
I respect the flag as a symbol of
national aspirations, national po-
tentialities and, with some excep-
tons to be noted, national achieve
mentS.
Yet I am blamed if I would let
anybody come around and say,
Come, now, kiss this flag" Nobody
has the right to make such a de-
mand upon an individual.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25
ANAA AOO4 Lands

TNHOSE st. Louis filters made a mistake when they
Il announced that they would remain aloft for
Hunter brothers, their victory is an anti-climax be-
cause it fell short of the program.
No matter what you're doing it's always bunder
to make ooastful proclamation to the effect that
you're going to curl the bangs of mankind.
It's strategy TO claim little or nothing, then when
the world expects nothing, parayze it by bringing
home the bacon.
Lincoln, who knew as much about courtroom psy-
chology as any other man who practiced law,
understood this and when he made his opening state
ment to the jury in law suit he merely said that he
would try to prove just enough to win his case.
VXTHEN after the evidence was in and Lincoln
w arose to make his argument he would tell the
jury that he had been very fortunate to be able to
prove much more than he predicted in his opening
statement and this made him solid with the jurors
Happy is'he of whom little is expected
These last air maneuvers, held by the British
demonstrated once more that kind of ground de-
Tense can stop an attack from the air. the machine
gunners With their aircraft equipment being un
able to touch the swift bombing planes as they roared
past at the rate Of more than four miles minute.
q
VOU don't have to be an expert to see what such
i a flying scourge would do to city a fleet
of onclads and the authorities at Washington should
subscribe for some good daily paper and keep in touch
with the advance of aviation and their resulting duty
guardians of the national defense.
The advance in flying has been tremendous, the
finest aircraft of the World period being OBJ
Soete and had England then been able to turn loose
the sky terrors of day. she could have ended the
war in short order.
This Berlin professor who has made several trips
TO Geneva to trace Mr. Hoover's ancestors and now
declares they came from Switzerland. seems to be
excited about it than the President who knows
that it's not important that they from thu
place or that, the important thRg being that they
came to the United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal of the American Medical
Association, and of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
TINE knowledge already pos
L seSsed by scientific medicine
has been of great value in saving
human Life, since a diseased gall
bladder, or one that does not
function properly, can be removed
and the person concerned saved
from death by intoxication, or by
infection of the distended organ,
Or indeed by rupture of the gall
bladder itself.
There are instances in which
the gallbladder becomes filed
with stones which may have as
their centers germs that have got
ten into the gallbladder and been
surrounded by concentrated salts.
Such stones may block the pas
sage from the gallbladder into the
lnteStineS, as a result of which
the gallbladder becomes distended
and the person suffers great pain.
The intimate connection of the
gallbladder to the liver and to the
organs of digestion involves all these
organs in the difficulties, and the
diagnosis as to whether or not a
person is suffering from gallblad-
der Inflammation, from infection of
the appendix, from ulcers of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25
Don't Ignore the Disease

doctor who tried to relieve his patient OF I'M
pleasant symptoms without studying or attacking the
disease which produced them would not presumably
last very long To prescribe mild garge for sore
throat when that throat really the first stage
of diphthera would not in this enlightened age seem
like good business.
Nevertheless, that is very much the attitude most
Of us take in connection with the disturbing symptoms
presented by crime conditions in our biggest cities
Such things as racketce.tng. gang killings, graft
by public officials and nefhciency and corruption in
police departments and not isolated evils.
They are symptoms of very serious underlying NAL
ady and present system of trying to attack each
symptom separately without touching or even recog-
nizing the disease that them is just about as
sensible and effective the procedure of the hypo-
thetical doctor mentioned above.
The symptoms center, of course in our two greater
cities New York and Chicago; but every other city has
similar symptoms, in greater less degree. If we
could withdraw eyes for moment from the
alarming symptoms themselves and try to find out what
they signify we might have some chance of finding
remedy.
What does lie behind these things, anyway?
it quite obvious that the underlying disease is
something very like utter breakdown of our whole
system of municipal government?
The gangster owes his continued existence largely
to the crooked, inefficient controlled holder of
public Office. That individual, in turn, owes his po-
ston to the political ring that exists not to render
public service but to look for the best interests OF
its members.
And the ring, in turn, owes its place to two things
presence of huge masses of ignorant uneducated
voters whom interruptions demagogs can sway by APP
peals to prejudice the refusal the part of an
other bloc of citizens to exercise the franchise or
take any active interest in governmental affairs.
There is no use trying to whitewash the situation
This disease is as serious thing the United States
has encountered in its whole life. Democracy is on
trial.
BY awakening our dormant sense of public respon-
sbility by seeing to it that education becomes both
more widespread and more genuine than it ever has
been before by insisting on high standards of hon
esty in every phase of social intercourse by making
sure that the children born in our big cities have
decent chance to- grow up to decent citizenshp-in
some ways these may hope to find the cure
If we fa-if we ignore the disease entirely, or fun
BILE our efforts to get q remedy for it-you may rest
assured that the disease will ultimately prove fatal to
democracy as understand it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25
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BRET HARTE'S BIRTH

Aug. 20
ON Aug. 25, 1889, Bret Harte, IA
" nous American humorous poet
and novelist, was born at AL
bany, N. Y.
He left his home at Is to wander
to California to dig for gold. After
three years of this and teaching
school the young adventurer got a
job as compositor on the Colder
Era.
His occasional contributions at
tractad wide attention and soon he
became editor of another paper, the
Weekly Californian.
From 1864 to 1867 Harte served as
secretary of the United States mint
in San Francisco, but at the same
time wrote poems for the newspa-
pers.
He later wrote THE Luck OF
the Roaring Camp" and THE Out
casts of Poker Flat" perhaps his
best short stories.
In 1870 he was made professor OF
literature at the University OF
Southern California, but left the
post to go to New York to continue
with his writing.
Some years later he was APP
pointed American consul in Ger
many and Scotland.
Harte's works, according to one
critic, give a view Of early Califor-
MIA that supplies an interesting sup
plement to formal history"
Most of Bret Harte's stories and
poems depict life on the Pacific
coast in the early days, but he de-
scribes life also in the Atlantic
states and in England.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25
At Palm Beach

TN fact, I have never had much
Il luck in the matter of bathing
beauty contests. One of the pesky
affairs caused me to make a re-
mark which 1 have lived to regret.
1t was in Palm Beach, Fla.
Whenever I mention Palm Beach
it is my effort to drag the name
in casually as if this we're a resort
to which I went habitually That
isn't true. It was ten days, two
years ago. Since then there has
been no Palm Beach or any pros
pect of Palm Beach.
That winter I met a young per-
son who seemed to me, if not quite
the fairest of her sex, at least one
well in the running. Naturally, !
wanted to tell her about the impress
sion she had made on me.
But in such matters I am gauche
The thing has to be led up to in
some. way. It's rather silly to begin
a conversation by saying right off
the reel, you've got very nice
eyes" There has to be a starting
point.
1t seemed to me that such a sit
uation mad arisen when announce
ment was made that a beauty con-
test would be held at west Palm
Beach to select a girl to be known
as Miss Universe Or Miss West Palm
Beach. I forget the exact details.
Accordingly I went to the girl and
said, Edith, I wish you would enter
that beauty contest in West Palm
Beach. I have little money saved
up and I want to bet every penny
on you"
She blushed with what seemed to
be pleasure, but she discouraged the
plan. What chance would poor
little me have to win?" was what
she said.
Impulsively, 1 replied, Perhaps
you're right, but maybe I could still
get good odds if I backed you for
third place. That might be the bet
ter way to bet"
She has never spoken to me since,
although I meant no harm, and
since that day I have abstained
from taking any interest in beauty
contests. Miss Taxicab will have to
run on her own without any as
sistance from me.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25
Insulting the Flag

A ND if intelligent justice had
n been rendered, the local magis-
trate would have concerned himself
with the conduct of the mob. What
sort of respect did these 1913 per cent
Americans show for the flag?
They insisted on degrading a SYM
Dol of freedom into a device for
cheap and petty persecution. 1t was
they who took down the flag from
its staff to bicker round it in the
dust. Theirs was the offense. Theirs
should have been the punishment.
L would not even have the addle-
headed leaders of the mob sent to
Jail for two months, but 1 think the
judge well might have imposed upon
these r1iSchievouS morons the pen
atty of standing in the corner for
one hour and going to bed without
their suppers.
Copyright. 1880. BY The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25

A ARCHITECTURE has gained by
n progress in science and engi-
neering, but in so doing has lost by
a decrease in cooperation with
other arts.
That is the feeling of j. Monroe
Hewlett, chairman of the commit
tee on allied arts of the American
Institute of Architects.
Hewlett hopes to establish pro-
gram of cooperation by which
architects will get the same COL
liberation from artists that they
do at present from engineers.
He is developing plans for pro-
gram which will include the Amer
can Society of Landscape Artists.
the National Society of Mural
Painters, and other organizations.
1.-THE most important problem in
connection with the development of
the arts of design today in educa-
ton and in practice is the restora-
ton of sculpture and painting to
their pristine position in the trinity
of arts of design" Hewlett said.
when we consider the marked
progress made in recent years in
securing for the consultant in va
rious mechanical and practical
phases Of architectural work we'll
defined and fully recognized func-
tional position in relation to the
undertaking, we must realize how
sadly we have Jagged in developing
methods similarly applicable to the
esthetics of our work."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25
Not So Shocking

TIVE cemetery at Bloomingburg,
i N. Y, has become such a
popular resort for petting parties
that officials find it necessary to
post signs and employ deputy con-
stable to keep them out. What
more convincing proof could one ask
that present day youth is going to
the dogs.
This writer, however, refuses to
be impressed. Memory takes him
back to a small town in Maine,
where a crowd of really nice young
men thought it just the cats meow
to assemble in an undertaker's shop
and play poker on the collins some
forty wears ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25
A Queer TangIe

QUOTA laws, exclusion acts, in
" ternational marriage, and easy
divorce are making citizenship more
of puzzle than ever. The problem
has become so complicated, indeed,
that a man can't go on an explor-
ing party without running the risk
of getting in some kind of trouble,
as illustrated by the case of Bernt
Balchen.
BY all the rules of the game, Bal
chen has hung around America
long enough to file his papers. He
lost couple of years, however. by
going to the Antarctic with BYRD,
in spite of all we have had to say
about the Constitution following the
flag The next thing you know.
somebody will be arguing that Byrd
himself lost a right or two by stay
ing away so long.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25
A Deserved Honor

TRANCE honors herself more
Il than the recipient when she
confers the ribbon of the Legion of
Honor on a fisherman who has
stuck by his trade for seventy years.
Such men deserve more credit
than they usually get. They not
only contribute something of es-
sential value to the comfort and
convenience Of others, but set an
example which is needed badly in
these rowing, nomadic days.
Much as civilization may owe in
tellectual development, it still de-
ponds for its existence on those men
who use their hands as well as their
brains to supply it with meat and
drink,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-25

rivals for the proud distinction of
being named as Miss Mack Truck.
But if the present contest is to
succeed, much tact will have to be
displayed by the promoters. With
in my own field of female friends
know several stalwart young
ladies who would seem to me ideal
selection for the post of Miss Taxi
cab. But I should hate to mention
the matter to them. 1t is so easy
to be misunderstood.