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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21
An Unfinished Job

Conviction Of the mayor, police chief ana
numerous minor officials of one OF the Lake
county cities is spectacular. The evidence
also convicts officials of Lake county and Oh
the federal government Of laxity or lndlt-
ference for a long period Of time, to the vlo-
lations of law and conspiracies for protec-
ton of bootleggers.
But neither the conviction nor the long
Indifference of federal officials should blind
the public to the big fact that as yet there
has been no action against those who protlted
by election frauds and who practically over
threw self-government in that district, and
perhaps the state, through fragrant frauds.
The federal attention to law violation in
that county and the whole Calumet district
was forced by charges of election frauds.
The returns from the election were an
open invitation to suspicion that was almost
certainty. The number of voters did not
compare to census returns, population estl-
mates, the calculations of party leaders They
were much, much too large.
Then came revelations and some confess
sions It was openly charged, and probably
pIONdDiSJ tHdC u uCh iOoAUo VI 4'N6AON" A'N'0@
been imported from Chicago and taken from
precinct to precinct to swell the vote for the
machine, state and federal candidates, and
especially for those who draw the enormous
salaries under fee system.
The investigation demanded by the peo-
pie of this state who may still care to have
more than an illusion that we have a gov
eminent by the people was of these election
activities, not of bootleggers and venal off,
Gals who became their partners.
That all such corrupt officials should be in
= jail may be taken for granted.
That they would not become corrupt had
they had any fear of federal interference is
more. certain. 1t is not too much to say that
they may have expected protection.
Since the fraud charges were brought to
federal attention, the inquiry has turned to
the Volstead violations. Witnesses who tes-
titled to election irregularities have been
made uncomfortable. Two of them were
suddenly killed by stray bullets.
Until there is complete inquiry, an hon
est one and efficient one, of the election
frauds, the job is unfinished.
Let it be hoped that federal agents, pros
ecutors and others will not find it necessary
to take vacations. The statute of limitations
is running, and running swiftly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21
HEALTH SERVICE
Children Born With Feet Defects

shoes be accommodated to these
changes.
People overweight develop fiat
feet unde1 the strain of the excess
sive load. AS overweight, boys and
girls reach IA years of age, they
sometimes have glandular distur-
ORANGES which requires correction.
Numerous exercises have been de-
Scribed for the correction of fiat
feet.
Among the best are those which
involve walking with the weight on
the outer borders of the feet, stand
ing barefoot with the feet parallel
and throwing the weight on the
outer borders, rising on the toes
and fitting the weight to the outer
borders and then coming down.
These exercises may be done ten to
twenty-five times each.
Other exercises involve ballet
dancing, which may be begun at the
age of 4 or years, swimming,
roller skating and ice skating, pro-
vided that suitable shoes are worn
for all occasions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21
Times Readers
Voice Vie1e,S

Editor TimeS-There Is no deny
ing the truth that there is much un-
employment in Indianapolis. In
many families both husband atA
wife are working, but in others re-
ther husband nor wife nor perhaps
children has employment. Stores,
schoolrooms, Offices and factories
have hundreds Of married women IN
them whose husbands are making
good money. A woman in my square
teaches school, yet her husband
makes 500 week. Other good un-
married school teachers can not find
schools, though they need employ
ment to obtain the necessities Of
life for themselves and those de-
pending on them.
Can't law be made to equalize
this somewhat; of course, making
exceptions for women whose hus-
bands are invalids, etc? And If
there is no city or state law, CAM
school boards and corporations and
stores make rulings TO that effect
for those they employ?
AS 1t IS. race suicide and other
forms of selflshness are being en-
couraged and the home is being de-
stroyed.
OLD-FASHIONED MOTHER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21
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| ANNIVERSARY
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STONEWALL JACKSON
Jan. ri

EON Jan. 81, 1924, Thomas Jona-
~ than (StonewalD Jackson,
famous Confederate general, was
born in Clarksburg in western Vir-
ginia. now West Virginia.
At an early age Jackson was left
TO the care Of an uncle, a farmer
and miller, under whom he was
trained in business methods and re-
ceived some opportunities for study
When only 18, jackson became
sheriff Of the county. and soon after
was admitted to West Point, where
he graduated in 1916.
After distinguishing himself in
many battles of the Civil war dur
ing which he won the title of Stone
wall, Jackson was wounded severe
ly and died from the effects on May
10. 1863.
Today also i5 the anniversary of
settlement, by the United States
Of the French governments claim
against the Panama Canal Company
and Colombia. for 81 100000.
On Jan. 81, 1927, grand opera was
introduced over radio, when Faust"
vas broadcast through twenty
seven stations.
And on Jan. 81, 1919, Nevada
ratified the prohibition amendment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21
More Medievalism

Warden Preston E. Thomas of the state peni-
Tertiary at Columbus o., objects to painless capital
punishment He criticises bill introduced in Mas
strapped in the electric chair. He says:
Capital punishment is supposed to be a punish
ment and deterrent. doped man could recog-
nize no punishment and his easy death would GER
tainly not be much of an example to other persons
contemplating murder"
This would appear to be contrary to all the
progress in the doctrine of capital punishment for
the last century more. The trend has been
toward deviSing methods Of executing men which
would be as painless as possible
This was the great argument for the electric
chair though recent authorities have held that cleo
trocuton may not be painless originally be-
lieved. In Nevada an absolutely painless method
Of administering the death penalty has been intro
duced In the form of he administration of ethal gas
We had supposed that it the termination of
life in capital punishment which is held to fur
nish The deterrent influence If there is any deter
rent influence in capital punishment such. it IS
supposed to lie in the prospect of the extinction of
life and not in the pain which may be inflicted in
the process.
If any can be deferred from crime through
led away by the certainty of losing his life, by
however pleasant process of extinction.
But if We want real savagery in capital punish
ment, let us DO away with the relatively painless
electric chair and revert to the earlier methods of
boiling in oil, drawing and quartering or breaking
on the wheel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21
Another Scare FI0ps

DUT if the naval conference IS
ID beset with one more difficulty
in this respect, it is relieved in an
other by Russia's explanation that
those ships which entered the Black
sea the other day were not making
a demonstration to impress the
world, but merely seeking repairs
because of broken down machinery.
Thus another perfectly good story
about the Vaccinations of the Sow
let goes up in smoke.
How many times have we thought
we beheld something sinister in the
maneuvering of that mystic regime,
only to discover that they were
made for most ordinary purpose?
The American death rate rose
while births fell off in 1928 as COM
pared to 1927, according to re-
port just issued by Surgeon General
Cumming Of the public health serv-
ice.
Not particularly significant, be-
cause little reliance is to be placed
on what occurs from one year to
another.
Both The death and birth rates
have a surprising tendency to
f1uctuate over short periods.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21
Much Yet to Learn

WITHOUT going into detail,
w such conditions suggest that
we still have lot to learn about
the why's and wherefores of the
birth rate.
Whatever effect the food supply
may have on population, it seems
to have very little on the production
of children, and until very recently
the production of children had very
little effect on population.
Because of poverty, war and dis
ease, the population of many an
Gent countries failed to increase,
despite an enormous birth rate,
while that of some modern coun-
tries has grown despite a compare
lively low one.
Nautilus, and those from whom
he borrowed, assumed that pros
perity would lead to a steady
growth of population, but there is
evidence that prosperity, by inspir-
ing people to think of their pleas
ure, may have an opposite effect.
At all events, the birth rate has
shown a marked tendency to decline
among those people who are sup
posed to be well off, especially since
the advent Of machinery and mass
production,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21
HEALTH SERVICE

signs were either turning inward
of the heel or outward of the foot
and a tendency to toe in or walk
pigeon-toed.
If fiat feet are very pronounced,
the child may stand with his toes
turned outward. The inner border
Of the soles is seen in walking and
the outer border of the heels.
Children with fiat feet tire easily,
complain of pain after shot walks
and want to be carried. The feet
Of small children never should be
pressed into shoes. The child should
not be forced to walk too soon, nor
should it be taken for long walks
without opportunity to rest
Experts in otheopedic surgery adj
wise that the feet be inspected by
competent examiner at birth, at 6
months, at year, years, 8 years
and years Of age and at IA years
of age.
During the period of most rapid
growth changes take place in the
feet and it is desirable that the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21
Birth Rate SIumps

THE general tendency of either
h can be discovered only by taking
into account long periods of time.
In this connection it is rather
startling to recall that, while twen-
ty-five babies were born to every
1000 Americans in 1915, fewer than
twenty were born in 1928.
During the last thirteen years the
birth rate has shown not only a
distinct, but a rather steady, decline.
Even in that brief period it has
decreased by one-f1fth.
Were the decrease to continue at
a similar rate, We should have few
births in America by the end of the
twentieth century.
When 1t comes to low birth rate,
most every one thinks Of France, but
America is getting uncomfortably
close to her level
In 1925, the last year for which
statistics are available, the birth rate
in France was 1873 per 1000 inhabi-
tants.
In 1928 that of the United States
was only 1877.
Incidentally, England, Norway
and Sweden show lower birth
rate than France.
Italy, on the other hand, shows
one that is 80 per cent higher, while
Russia's is more than double.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21
Err GraYeIY

THEY err gravely in not recog-
Il nizing the innate fraility of
human nature and also in neglect
ing the experience which warns us
that sins against morality are not
so much the result of intellectual
llnpreparedness as of a weak will
exposed to temptation and unsup-
ported by grace"
AS a writer in the current Nation
has wisely said, when one prays
TO be guarded against some certain
temptation, he is not necessarily
fatally handicapped because he hap
pens 20 have some knowledge of the
nature of that temptation
1t may be that one of the reasons
which led me to feel that the article
in the Nation was shrewd Is the
fact that l wrote it.
Downright. 1880 By The Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21
Fossils

TINE generally accepted theory Of
Il mans origin among scientists
might be stated briefly as the belief
that man and the ape had COM
mon ancestor, a creature which
some writer's have chosen to desig-
nate as an "ape-man."
Professor Osborn's theory is that
mans immediate ancestor was
dawn man." while the ape sprang
from other ancestors. He puts the
common ancestor of the two lines
back about 100000 years or more.
In other words, Professor Osborn
would make man and the ape twen-
tieth cousins instead OF first cousins.
1t goes without saying that there
are many anti-eYolutionists who
will find Professor O5born's theory
no more satisfactory than that of
the other anthropologists
A stand taken by such writer's as
Sir Bertram G. A. Windle is that no
missing links" have been found and
that one ever will be found, because,
in the opinion of these writer's, they
do not exist.
DR.. Miller sums up the three
points Of view on missing links as
follows:
Il. Missing links can not be ex-
pected to exist.
"2. Missing links have been found;
beliefs that they have not arise from
ignorance.
g. Missing links have not been
found beliefs that they have arisen
from misconception.
DR.. Miller concludes by saying
that only the finding of more fossils
can settle the argument.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21

MEASURED by the yardstick Of
AV4 publicity, London appears
rather less interested in the delegates
and experts to the naval conference
than in the lady stenographers who
accompany them.
While editorial writer's and po-
litical editors talk about battleShips,
the Mediterranean problem, or Rus
sia'S attitude, society editors and
feature writers seek out these type
writer queens for pictures and inter-
views.
Thus far the American girls have
held the spotlight, not only because
of their greater number, but because
of their more liberal supply of cash
and more attractive clothes.
So tense has the situation be-
come, that Andre Tardieu, head Of
the French delegation, not only has
summoned a new battalion of
stenographers from Paris, but has
ordered them to bring their most
up date raiment.
Heaven only knows where this
latest complication may lead.
No matter what kind of a con-
ference is held, or what kind of a
situation arises, you can depend on
women being in it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21
Fragn1Gntary

DR. MILLER then proceeds TO
~ summarize the opinions OF
famous anthropologists about these
two fossils. He shows that there
are fifteen important points upon
which they differ with regard to
Java man and twenty points upon
which they disagree with regard to
PiltdoWn man.
What conclusion is the layman to
draw from such a controversy
among experts? DR.. Miller writes;
I'VE should not hesitate to con-
fess that in place Of demonstrate
links between man and other man.
mails we now possess nothing more
than some fossils so fragmentary
that they are susceptible of being
interpreted either as such links =
as something else
He hastens TO add, however:
Superficial or prejudiced readers
might regard this confession as hay
ing an important bearing on the
subject of organic evolution in gen.
eral and OF mans origin in particu-
lar, but no conclusion could be
more unjustified.
THE idea that all existing plants
and animals are derived through
some process Of orderly change
from kinds now extinct is support
ed by an array of facts too great
and too we'll established to be weak
ened by doubts cast on alleged FAM
lily records of any one creature"
In this connection, it is important
to remember that those who are OPP
posed to the theory Of evolution are
unjustified Ii they jump to the con-
clusion that Dr. Osborn is on their
side.
A reading of DR.. Osbcrn's paper
will SHOW that he is a thorough
going evoiutionist. He differs with
other anthropologists over the ques-
ton Of mans origin only in details,
not in principle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21
SCIENCE
Rv DAVID DIETZ
Scientists Feel That Question:
of Mans Origin Is Far
From Being Settled.

TINE time is not yet here when
Il We can settle the question OF
mans origin That statement was
made in an interview by DR.. Ales
Hrdlicka, famous anthropologiSt Of
the Smithsonian Institution, at the
DeS MONIES meeting of the Ameri-
can Association for the Advance
ment of Science.
He made it in commenting upon
the address of DR.. Henry Fairfield
Osborn, president Of the American
Museum of Natural History.
DR.. Osborn stated that there was
conclusive proof that mankind was
at least a million years old, that
the ancestor of man was a dawn
man." ana not an "apeman."
The layman will Go well to accept
DR.. Hrdlickas dictum, since it rep
resents the feeling Of the great body
of scientists.
The whole situation is well
summed up by DR.. Berrit S. Miller
Jr.. of the United States National
Museum, in the annual report OF the
Smithsonian Institution.
He points out that there are only
two specimens upon which the en-
tire present discussion is founded.
One is the socalled Java man or
Pithecanthropus, a skull, two teeth
and a thigh bone, found at Trinn'
Java.
The other is the socaued Pitt
down man or Eoanthropus, nine
fragments Of a skull. a jawbone with
two teeth, another tooth, and nasal
bones, found at Piltdown, Sussex
England.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21

THERE has been sharp criticism
4 Of the pope's encyclical on edu-
cation in several New York papers.
Editorial writer's are often tinid
about dealing with theological
themes, but in this case there has
been recognition of the fact that
the subjects brought up are not es-
sentially religious matters.
And there should be wider recog-
milton of this fact, because it will
be an excellent thing If it is pos
sible to find opposition to some Of
the popes theories among Amer
lean Catholics.
I believe I am right in saying
that in secular matters the pope
speaks with authority, but not with
finality, for the members of his
congregations.
For instance, the pontiff is
worried by the fact that italian
women are appearing in public
gymnastic drills. He asks for due
regard for Christian modesty."
According to various pictures
here, the sport costume of the Ital-
ian girls is nothing more radical
than the traditional and familiar
blouse and boomers. Speaking at
this distance, I mean both in faith
and miles, it is difficult for me to
understand just why the pope
should find this shocking.
It is merely matter of custom.
There was agitation in American
when boomers we're introduced,
but after the novelty wore off no
body seriously maintained that pub
lie morals had been in any way
impaired.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
eSfing writer's and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude OF
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21
NJ. E. Tracy
SAYS

There Is Evidence That Pros
perjty, By Inspiring People
to Think More of Pleasure,
Has Caused q Fall IN the
Birth Rate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21

Health Magazine.
DURING the World war 1t was
~ estimated that from 80 to 40
per cent of all men examined had
potential or actual disabilities re-
sulting from fiat or weak feet.
1t has been reported that 10 per
cent of a large number Of children
from to years of age were fiat
footed. Among the causes of fiat
feet in children the experts include
muscle weakness, improper shoes,
disease, overweight and congenital
malformations.
Until recent years little attention
was paid to fiat feet among children.
unless the deformity was 50 obvious
or the pain so great that the matter
came prominently to the attention
of the parents.
DR.. H. C. Schunn recently ex-
amined 200 newborn infants and
found % per cent of the suffering
from fiat feet. The most marked
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21
Daily Thought

Saying with a loud voice, Fear
God, and give glory to Him; for
the hour of His judgment is come;
and worship Him that made
heaven, and earth, and the sea,
and the fountains OF water-ReV-
Citations 14:7.
And what greater calamity can
fall upon a nation than the loss Of
worship? Emerson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21

General Brown and the interdepartmental committee
set up to coordinate the expansion program Of the
privately owned merchant marine.
Inability of the board to decide what it wants to
Go has resulted in presentation of the issue to the
White House. President Hoover and Chairman White
of the house merchant marine committee have called
upon Chairman O'Connor for a report the
situation.
The principle Of competitive operation of the mer-
chant lines is fundamental policy of tie merchant
marine act So too, is the principle that the board
constantly shall work for equitable distribution
OF traffic as between New York and other ports.
When the shipping board finds itself unable to
execute these well-defned policies congress or the
President, or BOTH should act
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21

Burglars stole thousands of dollars worth of radio
sets in raid factory the other day. There is
consolation in that, however, probably people would
have bought them and tuned in.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21

May Be Wrong
THERE is no reason why girl
Il may not wear boomers while
participating in a basketball game
and still retain her modesty and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
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