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The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
The Great Tribute

Today the nation turns its thoughts back
TO the great leader who led the battle for
independence, who stood ready to sacrifice
his fortune, his liberty and his life to the
cause of elf-government, who wrote his
name in history and human hearts as the
Father Of His Country.
The great tribute to his memory is the
fact that there is still a reverence for the
realities of liberty and self-government for
which he fought.
people remains free only so long as it
is able to detect and destroy any influence
that threatens real freedom.
All that government may do is to defend
the weaker citizens from the greeds or ambi-
tions Of the strong and powerful. When it
fails to do this froom dies and in the end
there comes some form Of tyranny or dicta-
torship.
One Of the liberties for which George
Washington fought was freedom of speech
and that broad liberalism which gives to the
individual the right to think for himself.
It is especially gratifying to know that on
this anniversary of his birth, new victory
has been won for that same spirit Of liberal
ism through the failure to curb or penalize
the president of one of the Indiana great uni
versities because he dares to exercise and en-
courage this right of liberal thought.
1t is unfortunate that the attack came,
unwarranted and unauthorized, in the name
of a patriotic organization composed of the
descendants of yhe men who followed Wash
ington through his battles and sacrifices and
that some of these members believe that the
way to protect liberty and freedom is
through the very methods of tyranny and
force which Washington opposed.
These forces strive to give advantage to
the few over the many. They attempt to
suppress new ideas They stand for pillage
through privilege. They insist on imposing
their own ideas through forceful methods,
rather than gaining respect for their theories
through argument and fact.
The finest tribute that can be paid to
the memory of Washington is new dedica-
ton to the liberties which he established by
the sword and safeguarded by his states
manshp.
Real reverence for his memory can only
be given by those who love liberty. 1t is de-
MED those who accept it's forms and reject its
substance.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
REASON FfzRFE5cK EzRbf5

COME time ago Japan told China she intended to
- send certain minister to her court and China re-
piled that the minister named was personally OBJ
noxous to the Chinese, whereupon japan told China
that she had to take him whether she liked him
or not
And if we had no national Defense Japan would
tell that she intended to send so many japanese
immigrants to the United States and we would take
take them, matter how we felt about the propo-
Sition.
We do not own any stock in China, either COM
mon or preferred, and we have peculiar affection
for her innumerable laundrymen, but barbarous ma
tons white and brown have robbed her so long we
should like to see her assemble her enormous. scat
tered parts and chase her punderers into the sea.
Kipling said a very beautiful dtty about the white
mans burden, you may recall but that burden is
the loot which the white has lifted from the
so-called heather.
THE Chicago police chief has informed Mayor
J. Thompson that the town is now free from crime
and the mayor advised to advertise the fact to the
world.
If such an advertising program be undertaken by
Chicago, We suggest that they arrange to have DR..
Cook take charge Of it.
Much of the opposition to Chief Justice Hughes
comes from the fact that the average he-man dis
trusts one who will take the time every morning to
stand in front of looking glass and part his whiskerS
Four rcN women III CnS east nave SldTtSQ HlOFS-
ment to change the eighteenth amendment, but we
suspect their chief ambition is to get their names in
the papers.
But we would like to get the opinions of the wives
of poor men who used to blow their wages for BOOZE
for that would something
bullets to have great affection for ban
ID dts
The other day youthful Jesse James was shot
three times by Logansport (Ind) grocer two OF the
shots appearing to make death certain but he is now
the road to recovery.
Yet it took only one shot to destroy each OF our
assaSsinated Presidents.
Our delegates to the London naval conference say
they having fine time and we hope it's so, other
wise the whole thing might be total loss
Claude Bowers made sizzling address TO the IN
diana editors but the bitter partisan speech as much
out of date in this independent day an od-faSh-
oned dance caller would be at Charleston party.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
- DAILY HEALTH HSERVICE--------
Paresis Must Be Tackled Early

serious that any method Of treat
ment that will yield results Is
worthy of a trial.
The evidence now coming from
various institutions for the care Of
the insane indicates that both the
tryparsamide treatment and the
malarial treatment yield good re-
suits in a considerable percentage
of cases.
Sometimes the disease is arrested
for long periods of time. In the
majority of cases there is a remis-
sion of some of the symptoms and
many of the sick recover suffi-
ciently to return to work.
In this disease, as in all other
serious conditions, the factor of
greatest importance is early dag
nosis.
When disease is in its incipient
stage it may be caught and treated
effectively, whereas later after much
organic change has occurred in the
tissues little can be done.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
Unjust to FiIipinoS

INDEPENDENCE at this time,
though seeming to be favor to
the Filipinos, and though it might
please many of them, exposes them
to risks and misfortunes doubly
unjust on our part.
While granting them political
rights, We would virtually be de-
stroying their economic rights
rights which they have attained as
an American possession and which
they can not hope to keep without
continuing to be an American
possession for several generations.
1t is quite true that we have
promised the Philippines in
dependence, and that eventually we
must redeem that promise.
1t is not true that we have brought
them to a point where they can gov
ern themselves in the sense of being
able to compete with other nations
for trade, commerce, or even self
defense.
But for the fact that some people
want to impose duty on Philippine
goods, while others are afraid of an
oriental war which they think we
might keep out of by letting the
Philippines go, there would be far
less support for the independence
move
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
Elusive Farm Relief
substance

As the senate completes its revision of the agr-
cultural schedules of the tariff BILL it is interesting to
note that the prices of the countys two major crops,
wheat and cotton continue to decline Quotations
both are at the lowest gures of the season. Talk of
dollar wheat is heard in Chicago. Cotton is cheaper
than at any time since the 1926-27 crop.
Thus fifteen months after the national election, in
which farm relief figured the major issue, farmers
find themselves no better off than they Some
are perhaps in even position, since prices
generally are lower than those of year ago.
Farm groups generally are pleased with the
changes the senate has made in the tariff bill as
passed by the house and as approved by the senate
finance committee. Rates farm products have been
raised while there have been important reductions
in industrial schedules
There is dissatisfaction with various items which
win bring further debate but by and large everything
from kippered herring and almonds to live cattle re-
ceived sympathetic consideration.
1t is clear however that tariff revision dubious at
best as means of farm relief will not affect this
seasons crops. And it is questionable whether the
TARIFF and when finally approved-will help the
farmer for long time to come Tariff protection on
commodities of which have a surplus is not
effective. And supposed benefits to agriculture are
offset to considerable extent by higher industrial
schedules
through which hoped to help agriculture so lar
has been unable to keep up prices. Both wheat and
cotton are below the figures at which the board at
tempted to peg them
grain stablization corporation has been set up
and is purchasing farmers wheat with loan Of
Sl0O0OO0O to support it. Several millions have been
loaned to cotton co-operatives. The federal treasury
finally may be compelled to stand heavy losses, unless
the present price trend is checked.
Farm board spokesman have been urging reduc-
tions in acreage to cut crop surpuses which lower
prices This problem it is coming to be believed in
many quarters must be met before there is anly really
effective farm relief.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
Persecution

HOWEVER, it seems likely that
4 4 Communistic Russia aims at
more than a mere reduction of the
church's temporal power. The best
evidence at hand seems to show
that it is the intent of the leaders
to ban religion itself.
That the state schools should
have try at intoxicating a wholly
rationalistic philosophy appears to
me not indefensible experiment.
AS one who lives in a land where
compulsory chapel is still largely
prevalent, it seems no more than
fair that stipulated abstinence from
official collegiate worship should
also be tried.
But I think that Russia Is naive,
unobservant Of human experience,
and sentimental, if it actually be-
lieves that the religious instinct can
be throttled by law. I do not hap
pen to think that such consum-
nation is desirable.
Even if I favored it, I would re-
main convinced that it can not be
done. The core of religious feeling,
call it mysticism if you please, is
too fundamental and too ancient to
be disturbed by legislation. And, OF
course, it thrives on persecution.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
i. DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

tempted to get the medicine into
the body so that it would overcome
the ravages of the organism.
Later modified preparations OF
arsphenamine were discovered by
investigators in the University of
Wisconsin, and these have been
used in the treatment OF such cases
for seven years.
Moreover, the German inveStiga-
tor, Wagner Won Jauregg, dlscov-
cred that the production Of fever by
incubation with malaria or by other
methods also had an important ef-
feet in arresting the progress of the
disease, and this method frequently
is followed in modern medical prac-
tice.
AS may we'll be imagined, all
these methods of treatment are
radical and if not properly used
may have harmful complications.
On the other hand, the disease it
self is so definitely progressive and
fatal and it's manifestations so
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
HerScheI

OF course, once astronomers be-
~ gan to journey south Of the
equator to study the stars OF the
southern hemisphere, new constel-
lations had to be mapped out III
that portion of the heavens.
Some questions also arose as to
the exact boundaries between thes
contellations in the northern hen1is-
phere.
These questions would be Of little
concern to the layman, but were
important to the astronomer who
wished a uniform system for desig-
mating smaller stars which were
visible only in the telescope.
Finally, in 1840, the British Asso-
ciation for the Advancement Of Sci
ence appointed a committee headed
by the great astronomer, Sir John
Herschel, to define the constella-
tions and set their exact boun-
darieS.
AS a result Of the committees
recommendations, eighty-seven con-
stellations now are recognized offi-
cialIy in the northern and southern
hemisphere.
1t is a simple task to get ac-
uuainted with the more important
consultations Of the northern hem
isphere. One needs only cloudless
night and an hour OF leisure 10
make beginning.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
We Shirk the lob

a S matter of fact, we are
L n welching on the job, setting
the Filipinos adrift because it seems
to serve our interest, deserting peo-
pie whom we promised to help,
getting rid of responsibility which
we regard as likely to cause trouble,
and offering ideaHsm as an excuse
for it all.
The much talked about un-
righteousness of holding the
Filipinos against their will is chief
ly to make g, pretty case.
What we really have in mind Is
the opportunity to put duty on
Philippine sugar and avoid the
necessity of defending the Philip
pine islands in case of oriental con-
fict.
Maybe that is just and logical
course for US to pursue, but If 1t
is, we ought to be candid enough
not only with ourselves, but with
the rest of the world, to say so, and
stop throwing up this smoke screen
of idealistic alibis.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
Who's Afraid

THOSE who can not be drawn to
Il the altar by even the most elo-
quent of Billy Sundays will hit the
trail at the drop Of a hat the in
slant some lion is set to bar the
way.
My own prayers are reserved for
private emotional crises when I am
very much scared or stirred, but I'll
volunteer to pray in any public
square with the voice of a Cadman
whenever anybody comes forward to
say, you can not"
1 am a timorous person. Many
would be in line before me. Russia
understands neither the old verities
nor the new psychology if it under
takes to fight fervor with fire.
I read in the American papers
that in Chita, eastern Siberia, 10000
people with torches took part in an
"anti-God demonstration in weather
3 degrees below zero"
According to my conception Of
the cosmos, the Creator would not
be angry at such a demonstration,
but, on the whole, rather admiring
of the fortitude of those engaged.
Copyright, 1880. by The T1mes)
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22

A N excellent rule in regard to
IA Russia is to count 2,000,010 be-
fore getting excited about any news
which purports to come from within
the Soviet republic.
The fact that dispatches are often
scanty and misleading is not largely
the fault of American press aSso-
Citations. The Soviets have made the
gathering of news extremely diff
cult.
Censorship is strict, and even
friends of the regime admit that
foreign correspondents are closely
watched and their mail and tele-
phones tampered with.
Indeed, Russia'S handling Of con-
facts with America has been not a
bit more intelligent than cur Of
fetal handling of contacts with
Russia.
Enough has come through tc
make it evident that the Com
munists are conducting drive
against the churches. 1t is we'll tc
remember, however, that an anti
church campaign is not necessarily
anti-religious.
Churches have been known tc
grow purse-proud and swollen. A
sincere Christian need not COM
promise himself, under certain cir
cumstances, in favoring recapture OF
land and buildings from an organi-
zation which may stif1e economic
progress by it's grip on material and
things.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22

THE question of Philippine inde-
L. pendence goes deeper than this
country's attitude toward a small
group of islands in the far east.
1t can not be dismissed as SIM
pie proposition Of granting people
liberty because they want it.
Neither should military and eco
nomic considerations be accepted as
the most important factor.
Whatever the duties of white civil
lization may be toward less fortu-
nate neighbors, it owes something
to itself.
Beyond that, it owes somthing to
human progress as a general propo-
sition.
The ideal Of splendid isolation"
no longer is practical, or even at
tainable.
Fifteen years ago we lived in the
delightful illusion that we could not
be drawn into European controver-
sizes because We had been faithful
to George Washington's precept and
avoided "entangling alliances" y"
A similar illusion pervades our at
titude toward the far east.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
We Prove Our IdeaIism

MANY Americans regard posses
1V1 sion Of the Philippine islands
as dangerous, because it is likely to
bring us into collision with oriental
movements, particularly the alleged
imperialism of Japan.
Others argue that these Islands
represent little more than strate-
gic liability, because Japan could
take them any time she wanted to"
For the sake of argument, let US
assume that Japan could, but 1t
would be all the easier for her to
90 so if they were independent and
would represent little less of a
menace to our commercial and in
dustrial opportunities.
In this connection, 1t is just as
we'll to remember that we have en-
gagged in some important wars, not
to protect our own possessions, but
people to whom we were bound only
by ties of sympathy.
Cuba drew us into the war with
Spain, and as If that were not
enough to prove cur idealism, we
took the Philippines largely as an
excuse to pay Spain $20,00O,000.
The Filipinos, or some Of them at
least, did not want to be taken and
that was the time to have weighed
the problem of their rights.
Having taken them in spite of
grave opposition, having assumed
responsibility for their welfare, hav-
ing given them the benefit of close
trade and political relations, it now
seems a rather cruel thing to turn
them adrift.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
The PeriIs of Civilization

Who was the safest, the cave man who had to
face the cave bear, the Saber-toothed tiger or the
woolIy rhinoceroS with stone fist hatchet on his
way back TO mother and children, the sleek and
comfortable occupant of Rolls-Royce returning
home along the Chicago boulevards?
Of-hand We should award the safety prize un-
nesltatngly to the twentieth century citizen We
pride ourselves especially upon having made human
existence more certain and assured. The modern
man armed with late model sporting rifle puts the
most powerful and savage denizen OF the mountain
or jungle to shame.
Yet though We have leSsened greatly the dangers
from mans animal enemies, it is not by any means
certain that life is less exposed to jeopardy in 1880
A. D. than il was in 1000 B. c. For every animal
which We have extermnated or rendered harmless
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
Questions and
AnS7Ce7.S

Can you give me the inscriptions
on the four sides of the Confeder-
& g memorial statue in Arlington
national cemetery?
They read as follows: Fron)
"They have beat their swords into
plough shares and their spears into
pruning hooks" (Sides) ITO our
dead heroes, by the United Daugh-
ters OF the Confederacy;;" and Vic
trix causa Dis placuit, sed victa
Catoni." North side):
Not for fame or reward:
Not for place or rank:
Not lured by ambition,
Or goaded by necessity;
But in simple obedience TO duty,
As they understood 1t,
These men suffered all,
Sacrificed all,
Dared all-and died.
When was the battle of Tours
fought and by whom?
Saturday. Oct. II, 1872, between
the Christians, the Franks and their
allies, under Karl Martel, and the
MoslemS under Abd-el-Rahman.
The desire of the Moslems to pillage
and overthrow the rich and illustri-
GUS sanctuary of the Bascilica of st.
Martin at Tours brought about the
battle.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
Helping the Farmers

The senate considering revision Of the tariff
to help the farmers. has voted duty of $1.25 a
thousand on common building bricks and $3.50 a
thousand on the glazed variety.
Bricks heretofore have been on the free list.
Senator Barkey of Kentucky asserted the levy
would benefit only few brick yards in the Hudson
river valley while at the same time it would penalize
the rest of the country. An amendment by Barkley
to strike out the increase lost
We produce seven billion bricks every year and
import only seventy millions, said Barkley. He
argued that with a building slump and unemploy-
ment it is bad time to increase the price of build
ing materials
1t is difficult to understand how farmers, potential
brick purchasers, will be much helped by taxing this
product. Or how prospective small home will
avoid loss.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
Greek
TINE first complete description O

NhE IlISU complete uSSCl lpC4Ou OA
l. catalog of the consultations
which we know Of, was made by a
Greek scientist who lived in the
year $40 B. c.
His name was Exodus. He was
one of the most brilliant OF Greek
scholars. Besides being an aStrono-
mer, he was a mathematician, d
physicist and student Of govern
ment affairs.
Eudoxus described forty-f1ve con-
stellationS in his catalog. We know
this. although the original catalog'
was lost. The reason we know it
is because just 100 years later, a
Greek physician who happened also
to be a poet, wrote poem titled
"Phainomena."
That is a Greek word which can
be translated as appearances" or
phenomena"
The poet-physician was named
Aratus. In his poem, Aratus re-
counted the system of consultations
as cataloged by Eudoxus.
In about 139 3. O., there HVeo
famous astronomer and mathema-
tician in Alexandria, Egypt. His
name was Ptolemy.
He wrote book known as the
"Almagest," which was used as
textbook of astronomy and mathe-
matics for succeeding centuries un-
til far into the middle ages.
In this work Ptolemy added three
new consultations to those of Eu-'
doxus. making a total of forty-eight.
Only slight changes have been
made in the consultations from the
days Of Ptolemy to the present, III
so far as the stars of our northern
hemisphere are concerned.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22

Scratch a Tartar and find a Rus
sian" No human brotherhood is
so close and keen as that of the
oppressed.
The surest way to whet a human
enthusiasm is to forbid it.
If I were a Russian leader 1
would hesitate to adopt any militant
anti-religious attitude without TAX
ing stock Of the manner in which
faith has f1ourished in the past
when pressure came.
In the case of Christianity, this
would not be by any means tie
first time that it has been reduced
to the level of a bootleg commodity.
Did I say "reduced?" Elevated
would be rather more accurate.
Never was Christianity so pure
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
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WASHINGT TOMS BIRTH
Feb. ~

Feb. ~
NN Feb. %, 1892, George Wash
" ington, first President of the
United States, was born at Bridges
Creek, Va.
Though his family was fairly
wealthy, he received a sparse edu-
cation, due to the meager school
facilities in the colony. At 16, his
schooling over, he became a public
surveyor.
His success in that profession
gained for him a majors appoint
ment three years later when the
colony organized to combat French
and Indian invaders.
So successful was he that at the
outbreak of the revolution he was
recognized as the leading soldier in
Virginia. And, after his marriage
in 1859 to a prosperous widow, Mar
tina Gusts, he also was regarded as
the wealthieSt man in the colony.
On June Is, ITS, Washington was
chosen commander n-chief of the
continental army. He showed great
genius not only in leading his forces
to victories, but in organizing eff
cient units from raw material.
Five years after the evacuation Of
the British, General Washington
was chosen President of the United
States. He was inaugurated at New
York, where congress was then sit
ting. He served a second term but
declined a third.
Washington died Dec. IA, 1799,
from a cold he contracted while
horseback riding.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN,
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

TINE condition that used to be
L known as softeninG of the brain
and later general paralysis and
paresis is caused by the organism
that causes syphilis.
During the last quarter century,
scientific medicine determined this
fact and since the fact was deter
mined has been making special ef-
forts to get at some control of the
condition, at least to the extent
that the early manifestations of
syphilis are controlled by proper
treatment.
When salvarsan or arsphenamine
was discovered, it began to be used
promptly as mercury and iodides
have long been used in the treat
ment of various manifestations of
this disease.
All sorts of methods were at
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-22
Oppressed

TN fact, I think Russia may have
l. even greater difficulties with its
brand of prohibition than we have
known with ours.
AS sure as Adam ate little apples,
Russia will have to wrestle with the
problem of religious bootleggers If
its restrictions are, or become, over
oppressive.
There ought TO be q saying,