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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-16
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| ANNIVERSARY
FIRST OCEAN FLIGHT
May is.

ON May is, 1919, the United
" States navy seaplane, the
NC-4, in company with two other
similar planes, left Newfoundland
for the Azores, to make the first
attempt to span the ocean by air.
The plane successfully achieved
its object, being the first to make
a trans Atlantic flight.
The NC-4 reached Horta in Is
hours and Is minutes, or an aver
age speed of 78.4 knots an hour.
On May 20 the plane proceeded
to Ponta Delgada, and then. on
May 81, few to Lisbon, Portugal
80 miles, making the trip IN
9 hours and 43 minutes.
The total flying time for the
2,472 miles from Newfoundland to
Portugal was 26 hours and 81
minutes. The trip was extended
to Plymouth, England, where the
fight was terminated. !
While the entire course of the
NC-4 fight was patrolled by de-
Stroyers and dreadnaughts, the
planes achievement demonstrated
the possibilities of TRANSATLANTIC
crossings by air.
The next month, in fact, Captain
John Elcock made the first non
stop transatlantic fight, when he
flew his Vickers- Vimy bomber plane
from st. Johns. N, r.. to Clifton.
Ireland, in Is h0ufs and u min-
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EngIand's New Poet Laureate
Our guess is the latter.

The selection of John Masefeld as Englands new
poet laureate that the high traditions of this
honored post are to be maintained very well indeed.
Few literary critics will deny Masef1eld place in
the forefront of modern poets; most of them, prob
ably will agree that he outshines his predecessor
DR.. Robert Bridges.
Americans will feel unusual interest in MaSe-
fields elevation because of his extensive experiences
in this country. He Travelled clear across the con-
tinent as a migratory worker once, and for time
was porter in New York saloon and these uncon-
venonal wayfarings have helped greatly to give his
poetry its wide appeal and depth.
His wanderings hardly seem appropriate for poet
laureate who by tradition is supposed to write historic
lays about the doings of royalty; but the laureate
doesn't have to do that any if he doesn't feel
like it, so no harm is DONE
AT any rate, there is no question that Masefeld
is an honor to the post he holds.
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Morrow Makes a Speech


Yesterday Dwight Morrow just another
senatorial candidate. Today he is the talk of the
country.
And all because he made a speech.
But it was a remarkable speech. He did about
the most unusual thing possible He discussed pro-
hibitiOn honestly.
Morrow's proposal for repeal Of the eighteenth
amendment and return to the individual states of
their right to handle the liquor problem in their own
way is not new. But it is coming from Re-
publican leader, and a campaign declaration,
at that.
More extraordinary than MorrowS proposal itself
was the manner in which it made He actually
talked like human being instead of political
didate. That is he talked just like the politicians
talk in private.
He assumed that prohibition was like any other
national issue-somethng that could be discussed
honestly without fear of bolt from heaven Or from
the self-appointed heavenly hosts of the "born-of-
God" Ant-Saloon League.
Two conclusions may be drawn from this speech:
Either Morrow is an honest but foohardy man,
who has destroyed his political future by defying
public opinion.
Or Morrow is not only an honest, but an aStute,
citizen who having discovered that the popular band
wagon has turned toward prohibition repeal, has
climbed aboard and will be joined by other Republic
an politicians soon.
Our guess is the latter.
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TT SEEMS TO ME By HR RTo1%

last time. AS far as mentality goes,
the great detective was never quite
at his best in the famous melo-
drama. Moriarity always seemed to
me the better man.
To be sure, it was a neat trick
for Holmes to stick his cigar stub
in the window. You remember the
chief villain cried after all the
lights had been extinguished in the
gas chamber, Follow his cigar"
That enabled Sherlock Holmes
and the girl, whose name escapes
me, to slip out the doorway. But
wasn't Holmes the fool to go to
the gas chamber in the first place?
And Gillette, the dramatist, di-
minished Holmes in heart as well as
in head. Both were softened for the
purposes of the stage. I've never
seen the play without being griev-
ously shocked by the last act, when
it becomes evident that Sherlock
Holmes has fallen in love with a
snip of a girl and proposes matri-
mony.
Holmes never was meant to be
marrying man. What would be-
come of DR.. Watson in such cir
cumstances? Can anyone bear to
contemplate the home life in Baker
street with the familiar request re-
phrased into, Quick, EloiSe, the
needle?"
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Patent Medicine Risky in T. B.

rations as are called 'lung invig-
orators" or magic foods" or So
called consumption cures" had
been used in 80 per cent of in
stances by patients who had put
confidence in the claims made in
circulars or advertising matter for
such substances.
The most widely used prepara-
ton sold as a consumption cure" in
the days before the pure food and
drugs act made that illegal, is now
advertised as a remedy for coughs
and colds, in which form it has a
special appeal to the patient with
beginning tuberculosis.
Certainly conditions are better in
this regard than they were twenty
five years ago, but there still is much
need of education of the public in
the fact that tuberculosis can not
be cured by any magic preparation
taken internally, and that it is dan
gerous to rely on such medicines in
the early stages of this disease.
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Erroneous Doctrine

CENTRALIZED education has
~ lifted us to the top of high
mountain, where We can get birds
eye view not only of the world, but
of good deal of the universe. The
trouble is that the minds of grown
ups, much less the minds of chill
dren, are not able to take it all in.
So, we have a continual controversy
as to what should be ignored, and
where attention should be focused.
In banning the Hayes and Moon
book, Superintendent Harold C.
Campbell said among other things:
ut is obviously improper to pre-
sent facts which may be sustained
by historical evidence if the i'm
preston left by the presentment of
these facts is likely to be subversive
of American ideals"
Campbell has been roundly
assailed for laying down such a
doctrine, and properly so.
Life is short and historians too
human for all facts to be presented
with regard to any important his.
torical event, especially in text
books adaptable for school use.
The problem thus presented re-
solves itself into a question of what
facts shall be selected, not in the
interest of American ideals, but in
the interest of truth.
In other words, school histories
should be written with the aim of
conveying a clear, accurate picture
Of what really occurred, and, in SO
far as possible, the student should
be permitted to draw his own con-
clI1SinnS
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Down but Not Out

DEMOCRACY is a game which
- must inevitably go into extra
innings. No umpire is big enough
to call ''three strikes and batter out
on human liberty.
The notion upon which America
was founded includes the right OF
each dissenter to keep on swinging.
1t doesn't matter how many times
he churns the air. If finally the
voter can connect and send a bad
measure or even constitutional
amendment over the fence that
counts for him.
OF course, DR.. Mcbride would like
to pretend that the game is. over
and that nothing can be done about
it. That was the attitude of the
men who owned slaves.
1t is the position today of manu-
facturers who employ child labor
They, too, would like to pretend that
the issue has been passed upon and
closed.
The stakes of democracy are not
like silver cups put up for half-mile
runners. Not one leg or even three
gives anybody permanent possession
1t is the privilege of the citizenry tc
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: DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

cry are rest, fresh air and good
food.
In recent survey among tuber-
culous patients as to whether they
had purchased various proprietary
medicines for the relief of their
condition, it was found that some
where between 20 and so per cent
of the patients had attempted to
use such remedies in self treatment
of the disease.
In more than half Of these in
stances the medicine used was cod
liver oil, and in most of the others
cough medicines of one type or an
other had been taken.
Out of 1899 patients, fifty-two
remedies had been used a total OF
143 times in attempts by patients to
treat their own condition.
A few of these medicines were
preparations which are used by
physicians and which have good
standing for the relief of certain
symptoms.
On the other hand, such prepa-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-16
SCIENCE
Pupin Defends the Machine
Age and Twentieth Cen
tury Advances in CiUiizG-
ton.
BY DAVID DIETZ

DROFESSOR MICHAEL PUPIN
i of Columbia University, whose
inventions made the long distance
telephone possible, and who thus
contributed greatly to speeding up
our age to its present pace, rushes
TO the defense of twentieth century
civilization in 1.-THE Romance of the
Machine"
The book,-it is a small one num-
bering only Ill pageS-has Just been
published by Scribners at 81. It con-
tains three chapters, Romance of
the Machine" "Washington'S and
Lincoln's Admiration of the Ma
chine" and Romance of the Tel
ephone."
Opponents of the League of Ma
tons quote Washington'S farewell
address in support of a policy of
isolation. Opponents of prohibition
call attention to the rack of whisky
bottles to be seen on the sideboard
in the dining room of Washington's
home at Mt. Vernon.
So, perhaps, there is no reason
why DR.. Pupin should not tell us
what the father of his country
thought upon the subject of ma
chimes.
Indeed, students of history should
be grateful to him for emphasizing a
phase of Washington's activities,
which, perhaps, has received aight
attention.
Professor Pupin is no half hearted
apologist for the machine. He leaps
to the attack with the opening page
of his little book.
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Mr., and Mrs. Holmes

MO, it just won't do. Every
IN esthetic and humanitarian in
terest cries out that Sherick Holmes
was never intended to be anything
but a bachelor;
All the glamor would be gone if
ever the mind of the reader dwelt
upon the possibility of his being
sharply addressed by Mrs. Holmes
with such fatal words as, Sherlock,
put down that violin and those rare
Indian poisons this instant and find
me two safety pins for the baby"
If William Gillette has indeed
retired for the positively final time
he should take the play with him to
his Connecticut estate and bury it
deep within the roots of some old
maple. He was Holmes. No other
can be.
(Copvright. 1890. BY The Times)
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vt has been demonstrated many
L times and will be agar : sup
pose, that leaders of the Anti
Saloon League are ignorant of the
fundamental processes of DEM
ocratic government.
For instance, F. Scott Mcbride, in
explaining why his organization OPP
posed rsferenda, said: why should
we run to catch a train when we
are already on it?" why play a
tenth inning Of the ball game when
the ninth is finished and the game
is already over?"
Possibly DR.. Mcbride is not as
ignorant as all that. 1t may be that
he does not understand democratic
processes and holds them in con-
tempt. Other public men have had
that attitude. what are you going
to do about it?" was Boss TWeed's
inSolent version of the same
attitude.
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FIVE QUESTIONS A DAN
ON FAMILIAR PASSAGES

1. Of what was the rainbow a
sign?
2. In what story did ravens play a
part?
3. Who was "a mighty hunter be-
fore the Lord?"
4. Who committed the first
murder?
5. Quote the first part of Jesus
statement ending land not man for
the Sabbath"
Answers to Yesterdays Queries
l. On Mt. Ararat, in Armenia;
Genesis ga.
2. Jochebed, mother of Moses;
Exodus 2: 9.
8. The early Christians: Acts 2:44.
4. Capernaum; Matthew Alb.
5. The Virgin Mary; Luke 1888.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN,
Editor Journal Of the American Medics
Association and Of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.

before the passage of the food
~ and drug act made it illegal
to carry false and misleading labels
on packages, the use of quack rene
dies for tuberculosis was wide
spread.
In those days the journalistic
instinct had not developed to its
present high state and ethical prin-
ciples had not been adopted by
great periodical publishing houses.
Today few newspapers indeed will
carry the advertisements of cures for
tuberculosis or for other disorders
of this character. The National
tuberculosis Association has been
actively engaged in spreading the
information that specific cure for
tuberculosis is not available and
that the chief essentials to recov-
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History

doth Washington and Lincoln
ID were great, admirers of the
machine because they saw in its
development q force which would
unity and strengthen the nation,
Professor Pupin assures us.
"a mere glance at American his
tory from the days of the American
revolution to the end of the Civil
war shows why during this period
the machine was sorely SO needed
in the making of the American ma
tion," he writes.
parts of this history, relating to
the lives of Washington and Lin
coin, will furnish the simplest IL
lustration of this well-known his
torical fact.
GAS soon as the American revo-
luton had been won and the peace
of 1888 signed, the enthusiasm
which had kept the colonies in a
Solid-unit began to cool off.
Nobody observed this more
keenly and with more anxiety than
Washington himself.
1.-THE adoption or the ConStltutlon
had removed the danger from CEN
trifugal forces which always was
present under the articles of con-
federation. But Washington, an
engineer by his earliest training,
still felt that there was crying need
for a powerful centripetal force
which even the Constitution failed
to provide.
"a waterway between the At
lantic and the trans-Appalachian
and trans-Alleghany regions of the
united colonies was his favorite
project for creating this force.
"There is record in his diary
which shows that he was thrilled
by Rumsey's invention of boat
which he saw moved against the
current by the action of that cur
rent. It gave him new hope for
the development of his favorite
project, the waterways"
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Questions and
AnSWerS

Where is the hottest region in the
world?
1t is said to be the southeastern
part of Persia, where it borders the
gulf. For forty consecutive days
in July and August the temperature
has been known not to fall lower
than 100 degrees, night or day. A
sheltered thermometer at Green
land ranch in Death Valley, Cali
fornia, on July 10, 1913 registered
1341 degrees Fahrenheit. Azizia in
Italian Tripoli in 1925 had 1864 de-
grees.
What is the current coinage Of
Abyssinia?
The current coins are the Maria
Therese dollar and the Menelik
dollar. Other silver coins are the
half, quarter and sixteenth garsh
or piastre of a dollar, and there is
also a copper coin, the hasa equal to
one thirty-second Of a dollar.
How fast will a bullet shot from
a 3O-SO-caIiber revolver travel per
second for one hundred yards?
1,735 feet per second.
What does Audrey mean?
Sweet, simple, golden.
Is Billie Dove the real name of
The actress?
No. Her real maiden name is Lii
Ian Bohny. Her married name is
Mrs. Irwin Willat.
How many members of the Sew
entieth congress were Roman Cath
oIics?
There are five Catholic senators
and thirty-fYe Catholic representa-
tives.
What is the size and weight Of
the average box car of modern type?
The average box car ordered in
1927-1928 was 20 feet inches long,
weighed $1,000 pounds and had a
capacity of 100000 pounds.
what is the weight of a cubic
foot of cast hammered gold?
1t weighs 1905 pounds.
What is the value of a Is cent
green air post stamp of the 1918
issue uncanceIIed?
It is catalogued at so cents.
What Is the relationship Of .
fathers first cousin 10 SOM
First cousin once removed.
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Plague

"KEACHINE civilization" he
4V1 writes at the very start of the
book, "is favorite topic of several
noted European writer's. They have
nothing good to say for it.
Some of them write of it as an
American plague, which is invading
Europe and threatening to under
mine its ancient culture. 'A1neri-
canism' is the name which these
writer's frequently give to this new
civilization, and AmericaniSm, in
their opinion, is sordid materialism.
'This is indeed a severe indict-
ment of the ideals of our democ-
racy. But are these European crit
les qualified to interpret American
life and it's idea1s?"
, The answer, so DR.. Pupin proceeds
to tell the world, is a loud and ring
ing "No."
American scientists and engi-
neers deny that these European
critics of our civilization are quail
fed to interpret the real meaning
of the American machine or of any
other machine.
"These critics display to the disci-
plined eyes of the American engi-
neer woefully Scanty training;
their ideas about the mission of ma
chimes in the shaping of terrestrial
life, and in the guidance of the des-
tiny of man, are vague, to say the
least.
Perhaps they would have diff
ferent story to tell if they knew a
little more of the scientific side of
the subject which they delight in
discussing without the slightest
hesitation or reserve"
The machine, Professor Pupin
says, "is the visible evidence of the
close union between and the spirit
of the eternal truth which guides
thu subtle hand of nature"
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Batter UpI

THEY were waiting in solid line
l. and each one swings three bats
The soup bone of old Doc Mcbride
begins to lose it's cunning. There
isn't the same hop on his fast ball,
His curve is dinky.
That commission of Mr.. Hoover's
was supposed to brush the dust OFF
the corners of the plate. Instead
it made a futile attempt to throw
it into the eyes of the American
people.
Never mind, the vets have all the
home run kings on their side. Re-
peal begins to assume Ruthian pro-
portions and everybody knows that
the Ruth is mighty.
suggest to the drys that they be-
gin to warm up another pitcher, for
already there arises from both
grandstand and bleachers that
familiar shout of aroused rooters:
take i'm Quit"
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New Light on an Old Crime

edge to come way is the disclosure that long
ago as 1907 the French and British general stats had
plans for the violation of Belgian neutrality in the
event of war with Germany.
The knowledge is indsputable, being contained in
a volume CT official documents the origin of the
war published by the British government.
To be sure, this revelation does not make Ger
many'S plunge into Belgium much less heinous; but
1t does shed light the piteous cries of out
ragged virtue which the French and British govern
ments emitted in the summer of 1914.
1t is worth noticing, too, that it other
than Georges Cemenceau who told the king of Eng
land-Edward Vito have 100000 British soldiers
ready to march through Belgium soon as war was
declared
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ideals and opinions expressed
N this column are those Of
one OF Americas most inter-
esting writer's and are pre-,
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude OF
this UaUer.-The Editor.
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Too Much Propaganda

DY and large, there is too much
Id propaganda in our educational
system, not only with respect to
teaching Of history, but with respect
to teaching of many other things.
A good many educators seem I'M
willing to present the evidence in
fair, impartial manner.
The accepted facts at the bottom
of every subject receive too scant
attention, while preiudices and theo-
ries are emphasized out of all rea-
son.
How can boys and girls be taught
to think for themselves if they are
told the why's and wherefores of a
situation before they have been
given an opportunity to reason it
out?
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Daily Thought

Blessed is the man that endur-
eth temptation, for when he is
tried he shall receive the crown
Of Iife.-JameS 1:1z.
God is better served in resisting
4 temptation to evil than in many
formal prayerss-WiIliana Penn.
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Needs Sense of Hunlor

ERANK w. WRIGHT, deputy
Il commissioner of education for
Massachusetts, wants to know what
will become of a civilization that
spends millions on it's schools, and
then wastes fifteen minutes a day
listening to Amos m Andy?"
Quite possibly it will develop a
saner sense of humor than Mr..
Wright seems to possess.
He gets nothing but incorrect
English out of their skit, which is
a much sadder commentary on the
results of education than anything
he has to say.
What would become of dramatic
art, if actors and impersonators
took grammar and the dictionary
literally?
hat would become of life if all
the rest of us did?
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Phil Scott pugilist, has opened beauty parlor in
England. But you depend upon his seconds to
the business; they've had plenty experience toss
ing the towel.
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When did the United States
supreme court hand down the de-
cision that Japanese could not be
naturaIized in the United States?
Nov. IS, 1922.
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Booth Harrington says mems shirts will have dis
appeared in fifty years. Which that eventually
there will be more jokes about lost collar buttons
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IT'S the End

1T seems that Sherlock Holmes is
Il dead. At any rate, William Gill
lette has played the role for the
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Judging from training camp it seems tina
the contestants for the heavyweight championship
have developed good paunches.
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Who is the hero of the novel 1.-THE
Little Shepherd Of the Kingdom
Gomez"
Chadwick Buford.
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vote upon public question not once
or twice, but scores of times.
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Many will regard Grandhis arrest merely as
pinch of salt.