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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-29
HEALTH SERVICE

the number of acute rheumatic
hearts be reduced"
Application Of these measures
does lessen to some extent the oc-
currence of rheumatic fever in
youth, but does not, unfortunately,
prevent entirely the incidence of the
disease.
Removal of the tonsils as a pre-
ventive measure has been to some
extent disappointing, perhaps be-
cause removal is not undertaken
until disease has made considerable
progress; perhaps because complete
removal is SO difficult.
A majority of investigators are
convinced that the attack on rheu-
matte fever must come from more
and more intensive laboratory re-
search into the causative mechan-
ism of infection, with the possible
development of protective serums or
specific methods of attack on the
germs that produce the changes in
the tissues Of the heart.
Already in some communities
rheumatic fever has been made a
reportable disease, and those in
fected are segregated.
Periodic physical examination of
the child is unquestionably of the
greatest Importance in the detection
of such disease in its early stages
and in its control.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-29
Not So Perfect

VET, to hear the chatter. one
L. would suppose that we mortals
had arrived at a point where we
were not only the most intelligent,
but the most perfect beings in the
universe, and that We stood on the
brink of infinite power, if not inf
mite wisdom, because we have sue
ceeded in making an automobile, an
airp.ane, or broadcasting set.
Not only hope, but belief in the
miraculous springs eternal in the
human breast, and though we may
have discarded the cave mans idea
that God spoke in the earthquake,
or the whirlwind, it is largely be-
cause we have shriveled his voice
to fit our own vocal organs.
AS George Bernard Shaw has said,
it is possible to conceive progress
without a belief in God, but not
without religion, and, he might have
added, religion runs to nothing so
distinctly as the acceptance of
miracles, especially in the future.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-29
Invasion

DR. HRDLICKA disagrees with
~ this view set forth by Sir Ar
thur Keith. He calls attention to
the fact that Neanderthal man dis
appeared at the height of the gla-
cial period and that this would
mean that the invaders who wiped
him out, the ancestors of present
day man, must have entered Europe
at that time.
This would imply the invasion of
Europe during the height Of the last
glaciation," DR.. Hrdlicka says. This
is not in harmony with the main
laws of human and biological spread
namely, movement in the direc-
ton of better material prospects,
which are, first of all, climate and
food.
I'm the entire history of Europe,
the movements of men have tended
always toward a place in the sun
and away from cold.
"It is g. very serious question
whether in paleolithic times, when
man was without a tanned animal,
without stocks of nonperishable
food, dependent wholly on hunting
without yet a bow and arrow, and
in the imperfect social organization
of that time, any large armed inva-
sion would have been feasible"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-29
Real Contributions

Once more the city has received demonstration
that the real contributors to welfare may not be
those who build its great buildings finance its chart
ties or direct its government but those who con-
tribute to its culture.
The difference between civilization and savagery
La not alone in education. The educated man may be
uncutured Just as an ignorant man may have his
soul open to the appeal of the beautiful in music
or the arts
The city owes a debt of gratitude to Ona B. Talbot
for bringing to this city those organizations and artists
whose achievements are recognized in the centers OF
culture as real contributors to the struggle OF man
to get away from the iungles The visit to this city
of dancer who was acclaimed by Paris as the SEN
sation of the age sets Indianapolis apart from other
cities not so fortunate to have such opportunities
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-29
Law Enforcement and Public Opinion

Law is crystallized public opinion" Such is the
definition given by more than famous jurst. I'm
doubleday many laws could not qualify under this test
Some the product of fractional intrigue others
grow out of collision among special interests Only
those which have developed from the experience of
a community and actually mirror its will can be en-
forced easily.
man may have technical and legal right to
shoot an urchin who pliers apples from an orchard
Yet public opinion will not support such killing
1t will, however, commend shooting the burglar en-
tering bedroom window.
In the old west when horses were the only thing
that stood between man, starvation and massacre by
Indians, horse stealing capital crime. The pub
lie enthusiastically approved hanging the hcrse thief
In the more settled east, where the horse vas re-
lated less directly to prosperity and safety stealing
horse was misdemeanOr, minor felony.
In 1760 smuggling was we'll nigh universal along
the Atlantic coast Men of greatest wealth and high
est responsibility accumulated their fortunes by vio-
ating the British navigation laws Smuggling carried
no social stigma.
John Hancock whose signature was the most
prominent among the sgners of the Declaration of In
dependence, prosperous and active smugg,er,
On the very day of Lexington and Concord he was
due to appear in British admiralty court defend
ant in 900 smuggling case.
The case Of prohibition at present is not unlike
that of smuggling in $780, Bootlegging and the pur-
chase of bootleg liquor are viewed complacentIy by
persons in the best of society
The essence of the difficulty in It's enforcement is
the same as that which characterized the apathy
toward smuggling ITO years ago. Public sentiment
generally had not "crystallized" back OF the anti
smuggling laws then, and it has not "crystazed" for
prohibition now.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-29
Anti-r'ilipinO Riots

An axiom in trade IS that cheap things always cost
more in the long run. The Pacific coasts history
proves that this economic law applies to cheap labor
In the early eighties anti-Chnese riots broke out
In California Chinese coolies. imported to do the
miners rough work in The gold rush. had become an
economic menace to the whites. Dennis Kearney, sand
lot orator. inflamed the mobs with his cry: The
Chinese must go!" From Eureka to San Diego, hun
dreds OF heads cracked scores were killed. In
1882 congress interviewed with the Chinese exclusion
act
Then the japanese came in response TO the call for
cheap farm labor. Because they lived frugay. pro-
created freely and worked cheaply antiJapanese riots
followed In 1924 that proud race deeply offended
by the japanese exclusion act
Now the third influx of cheap labor is bringing its
harvest OF grief and blood. In Yakima, Wash in Ex-
eter and jacksonville. CAL anti-Filipno riots
corded. F1lipinos arriving at the rate of some
10000 year for toll in kitchen. camp and sugar beet
nsld.
They being beaten, stoned and chased from
their humble clubs and homes because they work
more eheaply and get the white mems jobs.
xg tbs third time the coast Is calling for help from
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-29
There's a Reason

Investigation by the state university discoses tne
fact that the vast majority OF those arrested LOT cre
I'm this CITY reside within two miles Of the Monument
There is nothing surprising about this discovery AS
matter of fact any trained observer can visit any
city and select with great accuracy the section OF that
CITY which furnishes the largest percentage Of viola
tors.
The section selected will always be where comforts
are the fewes rents lowest and residents nearest to
the breadline.
Aside from violations Of the prohlouon Jaw anu
the reverse would be true in that most Of the
crimes have a very direct relation to the hnanciai
standing and security of the section Of the city,
No one expects burglars to come from sections
where there are fine homes comfort, security and
wealth The burglar generally has behind him his
tory of need that makes crime seem the easy way
out Of financial difficulties.
OF course. no bank embezzers will be furnished by
the poorer quarters the cities Forgers are not SO
numerous
But for all other crimes, both against property and
against persons there definite relationship be-
tween poverty and the prevalence of crime.
The university does real service when it furnishes
evidence on which some plan and purpose may be
given to movements designed to prevent crime.
It calls attention to the fact that there may be
cause for crime just there is cause for epidemics
o. stock disasters or automobile accidents
1t may be possible in time. to hit at this cause
and wipe out crime just yellow fever was elm
mated from the south by destroying the mosquito.
When such definite movement is started, its first
objective will be TO wipe out the swamps Of poverty
In which the germs of crime bred.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-29
Trial bV jury

King John of England lis years ago at Runny
mede was forced by the barons to agree to magma
charta The barons had the support of common peo-
pie and the great charter contained many guarantees
in their behalf.
Perhaps the most important of these was the clause
which forbade arbitrary Imprisonment and punish
ment without trial and which granted the right OF
habeas corpus and trial by jury.
These principles through the centuries became
established as the chief foundation of personal
liberties They are embodied in federal Constitu-
ton and the Constitutions of the states They are
part of our inheritance.
The federal Constitution says. 1.-THE trial OF all
crimes except in cases of impeachment. shall be by
jury, and shall be held in the state where the said
crimes shall have been committed. ="
The bill OF rights adds lin all criminal prosecu-
lions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy
and public trial by an impartial jury of the state
and district wherein the shall have been COM
mitted. ."
When these facts are recalled. there is small Won
der that there such widespread opposition to the
proposal to put the trial OF minor prohibition law
violations in the hands of United States commits
sioners would operate without ures, and to give
the commissioners power to characterize violations as
felonies II jury trial is demanded.
We doubt if the popular attitude toward trial by
Jury has changed much since 1774, when the CONT
mental congress addressed the inhabitants of the
province OF Quebec in these words:
THE next great right (after self-governmenD is
tli by jury. This provides that neither life liberty
nor property can be taken from the possessor until
twelve of his uneXceptonable countrymen and peers
In his vicinage upon a fair trial and full in
quiry. face to face in open court before as many
of the people choose to attend shall pass their
sentence upon oath against him"
Jurists may argue that the contemplated procedure
Is no invasion of personal liberties and infrac-
ton of ancient rights We suspect they will have
. hard time convincing the in the street, how
ever and We doubt if such action will contribute to
better enforcement
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M'KINLEY'S BIRTHDAY

M'KINLEY'S BIRTHDAY
January 20
ON Jan. %, 1843, William NC
~ Kinley, twenty-eighth PreSi-
dent of the United States, was born
at Niles, o.
AS the seventh In a family OF nine
children, Mckinley was obliged to
enter at an early age the iron in
dustry, the trade Of his father. He
studied at Allegheny college, but left
it to teach school.
Deserving the classrooms to enlist
at the outbreak of the Civil war,
Mckinley served with such distir1c-
ton with the Union army that he
was mustered out major.
After studying law, and passing
the bar, he attracted considerable
attention by campaigning for Ru-
therford Hayes, who was running
for Governor of Ohio. AS result,
Mckinley was elected to congress
and served seven consecutive terms
in the lower house.
In 1891, he was elected Governor
of Ohio, and again his work at
tracted attention. When the Re
publicans convened at st. Louis to
nominate candidate for President,
Mckinley easily was the choice.
The outstanding events which
marked McKinley's first administra-
ton as President were the Spanish
war and the subsequent acquisition
of Porto Rico, the Philippines and
the Island Of GUIANA.
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living advice as to current at
N - aG;o.Ar L. tie hI,nnfa,. ic dnYn-

GIVING advice as to current at
W fractions in the theater Is dan
gerous business. Only the other day
a client wrote to the editor, assert
ing that 1 owed him $11 because 1
had spoken well of performance
which he thereupon attended and
found tedious.
Fortunately, he has not yet
pressed his suit, but if he does, /
shall contest it.
Surely I must have said OF Sweet
Adeline" (the bone of the conten-
tom that it seemed to me delight
full. have no recollection to Offer
ing a guarantee. At the theater,
one mans delightful evening is an
others headache.
Criticism. I believe, should rest
upon individual preference and
prejudiceS. Picking for the mass or
the majority is much too ticklish.
Accordingly, upon the restricted
basis of my own taste, I suggest a
visit to "At the Bottom" There is
no use pretending that this is not a
Somber show, in spite of humorous
interludeS. But it Is lively for all
its Woeful implication.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-29
REASON By Ff aASDIs

IT isa disappointment to see the London disarna-
ment conference held behind closed doors, par
ticuarly after the thing opened by broadcasting
King Georges speech to the whole wide world.
First the broadcast and then the muf1er; it
doesn't sound good.
If these nations honest when they say they
wish to unload this mountain of obsolete iron this
crushing avalanche of national expense then there
Is nothing to conceal and they should hand Mars
the water pitcher in the view and in the hearing of
all mankind.
The people of the nations pay the bills and they
are entitled to know what's going on.
CECRECY avail nothing good; it can serve only
- double-deaiing diplomats who wish to pose
debt-lfters at home but thrust the knife into dis
armament in secret conference then after the con-
ference fails throw the blame upon somebody else
Open sessions would enable the entire globe to
keep in touch with the proceedings and it would make
duplcity impossible.
You will observe that our old friend John Bulk
shows up at this conference with six or seven parts
OF the empire represented. instead of having the
empire represented as a whole as is the case with
the United States and most of the other powers
We should have sent representatives for Porto
Rico Panama the Philippines Hawaii, the Canal
Zone, Alaska, Guam and other outlying provinces
Getting back to open sessions, If the doors could
be swung back and mcrophone could carry to every
land true statement of the results of the bombing
experiments conducted py auplaneS IN different
countries, every fighting boat except the swift de-
Stroyer, would be sent to the scrap pile.
THOSE experiments demonstrated, according to the
Il confidential utterances of who took part in
them, that the battleshp. the cruiser and to great
degree the submarine utterly helpless beneath the
bombing plane
The bomb doesn't have to strike the ship: it has
only to strike close enough to crash the cruiser with
the resulting impact Of water.
If all these delegates permitted to place on the
table all the secret findings Of their governments
specting the supplanting of the water navy by the
sky navy the fact would be irresistible that the ship
builders would have TO close their yards and go into
the insurance business
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Thus Far Our Inventions and
Discoveries Include Moth
ing but Imitation of Nat
urdL Phenomena.
SAYS

CUNLIGHT lamp type ST., not
- perfected, but possible; would
make dark cellar as healthful as
sunlit hillside, might revolution
ize the habits and customs of hu-
mainly, and add many years to the
span of life.
Thus an Isaiah Of science predicts
the coming of mechanical Messiah.
Who says superstition is dead, or
that men are not still creating illu-
sionmentS out of faith?
The orthodox god may have lost
caste, as we'll as the heather idol,
but only to have images of the i'm
agination take their place.
Synthetic grape juice, synthetic
milk, synthetic sunlight, and even
synthetic life, only to mention a
few of the miracles which We are
promised in the name of hard
headed common sense.
Men, it would seem, have not
toppled the throne of the infinite
for the purpose of leaving it empty,
but with the idea of occupying 1t
themselves.
Modernism would not only be god,
but furnish the miracles to prove it.
q
We have made progress, to be sure.
We can cover as much ground in a
day as our grandfatherS would in
a week, and we can hear voices out
of the air which makes those which
Joan of Arc heard seem weak, ex-
cept that most of them talk to less
purpose.
We can make a river do our cook
ing, and drink water out of springs
200 miles away.
We can initiate the flavoring Of
fruit and berry, make bricks without
straw, and squirt fiber through a
spray that is as good as that OF the
cotton plant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-29

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of HyKeia, the
Health Magazine.
MUCH has been said in recent
AVA years of the best means OF pre-
venting heart disease, since preven-
ton is, obviously, far more impor-
tant than treatment after disease
occurs.
What medical science now knows
about the prevention Of heart dis
ease is included in single para
graph by Haven Emerson.
Cleaner mouths, fewer diseased
tonsils, fewer neglected, decayed
teeth, earlier recognition of sore
threats, and quick care in their
treatment as serious infection, the
considered and skilled attention to
the little child with aching muscles
and joints-'too young to have
rheumatism kept up and about with
growing pains'-repeated examina-
tons of the heart after attacks Of
any acute infectious fever in child
hood, always separation of the sick
from the well; by such means will
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-29
For the Mob

TITO be sure, there were mob scenes
l. long before the Moscow art the
alter came this way. Still, with all
Difference, the Russians did this sort
of business a little better than we
have ever known.
One of the best mob scenes on
view In New York is in the Bulga-
kov production Of "At the Bottom"
However, I am thinking more spe-
officially of the manner in which
several characters carry on a con-
certed scene in "At the Bottom"
The listener gets the effect that all
are speaking at the same time, and
yet no line is lost.
The fact that Gorky's play is very
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-29
Truly Great

T WOULD not state that every mo-
Il ment of Gorkey's masterpiece is
precious, as far as 1 am concerned
I've seen this play in several YER
sions, and always with longing for
the power to blue-pencil it. But
here, at least, is honest weight.
Among the great dramas of the
world, "At the Bottom" stands out
as a sort of three-ring circus. While
one character dies in corner, vari-
Gus other portions of the room are
given over to card players, lovers
and inebriates.
To see all of the present produc-
ton under the auspices Of Lee
Bulgakov, one might well need three
trips and sit in various parts Of the
house to get a direct view Of each
ring.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-29
Grow Irrational

A S we have grown rational to-
L n ward what occurred in Baby
Ion, Egypt and Palestine, we seem
to have grown irrational toward
what is just around the corner.
If miracles of the past no longer
captivate us, those of the future
have come to play large part in our
dreams.
Skyscraper apartments, with four
decked streets. and nothing for
women to do but play bridge and
eat candy while the men attain
physical perfection on the golf
course, with free trade, free soup,
free love, and the universal brother
hood of man in the near offing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-29
Just limitations

DUT, and making every allowance
I'D for our achievements, we have
not arrived at a point yet where
we can produce chicken without
a hen, a calf without a COW, or even
blade of grass, except from an
other blade.
Thus far, our discoveries and in
ventions include nothing but irni-
tation, or expansion Of natural
phenomena.
If we can collect and distribute
electricity, it is because electricity
was available from the dawn OF
creation.
If we can make use of radio
waves, it is because radio waves
were there to be used.
Nothing has occurred yet to JUS
tify man in the belief that he plays
any role in the scheme of things
but that of student and explorer, or
that he can do very much, except
to take advantage of the laws
forces and materials with which he
Is surrounded.
Like Robinson CruSoe, he has
made life more livable on the little
island he occupies, but he has not
been able to communicate with any
of the million other islands, much
less to visit them, and If he were,
he would probably find out that
there was great deal more for
him to learn before he could claim
the mastery of creation.
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Still Good!

DULGAKOV was in the produc-
ID ton of the Moscow Art thea
ter when it made its memorable
visit to New York several seasons
ago. BY now it has become ira
ditional to pretend that the re-
viewers who raved about the Rus
slams were merely carried away by
the sound of a foreign tongue.
They said they were good be-
cause they didn't know what they
were talking about" is the familiar
reproach.
This is a SANDER. Even after the
years, now that the tumult and the
shouting is done. still believe the
Russians were just as good as the
critics said
I notice that several of the pro-
ducers. who we're particularly con-
temptuous Of the Moscoyites, did
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Questions
and AnszUeYs

What is the meaning of the word
kosher?
1t is the English form of Hebrew
word meaning pure" clean" 1t
is usually applied to foods which
meet requirements of the Jewish
laws.
What are the three largest cities
of the United States in population:
New York, Chicago and Phil
adelphia.
How many patents of various
kinds has Thomas A. Edison been
granted?
More than 1,100.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-29
Film Fare

MOT that am snooty concerning
IN the talking pictures. I think
that they furnish excellent enter
tainment. Indeed, there is nothing
in the form itself which prevents an
authors running the entire gamut
of emotions, which make for great
ness.
A talkie tragedy can rise to great
heights, but mostly the purveyors
of entertainment of the masses
fight shy of anything but passing
sorrow.
Probably in the years to come,
farce and comedy will be wholly
pictorial, and tragedy be reserved
for the legitimate theaters. 1t would
not be a bad arrangement.
fCopvripht 1880 BY The Times
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1T SEEMS TO ME By HT RFo1S

much concerned with suicide and
sudden death does not deter me
from recommending it. Somber plays
have done very we'll on Broadway
this season.
All the entertainment seekers who
say, There's enough trouble in the
world already" are going to the
talkieS. Possibly it is not the legi-
innate theater which is dying, but
merely that portion of it devoted to
the Qualification of the happy end
inc