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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-01
A Good Word for Judas

The most novel and widely discussed type Of his
torical literature in recent years has been the So
called new biography" This has attempted to
present realistic picture of important personages in
the past free from the moss and accumulated tradi
ton of the ages
Writers of these books have realized that no
can be understood merely by his public utterances
his official acts. His digestion may have influenced
his actions more profoundly than his political phil
osophy.
If for undertaking and scandalmongering
has actuated some of the new biographers such
charge does not inevitably follow from the of
their efforts The desire to get at actualities rather
than myths is all sufficient to encourage such research
projects.
If some of the ancient heroes have been debunked
certainly others have emerged with greatly enhanced
regulations Andrew johnson and others are in
point.
OF all the historical characters known to western
civilization there can be no doubt that Judas Iscarot
has been maligned most universally. Dante put him
in the very bottom of the inverted cone of hell To
raise ones voice in his behalf has been to place ones
self almost degraded level as the traditional
betrayer of Jesus himself
George More and later Dr. Ernest Sutherland
Bates have attempted to modify the commonly re-
ceved notions of Judas avaricous wretch who
joined the disciples for what there was in it for him
financially got himself elected treasurer of the group
faxed his accounts and held out funds to play the
market Of that day. and ultimately betrayed his Lord
and Master for thirty pieces of silver-some $50.
Now We have learned German work by Professor
DR.. H. E. Kalinowski, who contends that Judas
was probably the most faithful and ardent of the
disciples. He felt that Jesus too tnid in de-
claring himself the long-expected Messiah The
betrayal" nothing else than effort to force
Jesus hand and compel him to into the open
with his great revelation
The professor claims that there is little or no
doubt that Judas believed that such declaration the
part of Jesus would infame the Jews stampede them
to his cause, drive out the Romans and establish in
Jerusalem the Kingdom Of God on earth.
Hence, turning Jesus to the Romans was
garded by Judas a clever coup which would lead
the Romans into ruin and bring speedy triumph to
Jesus and his program
Candid students of Jesus and his age recognize
that there is little specific information upon which
followers Intuitive logic is about only resource
here.
Many will concede that while neither the of
DR.. Kanowski its opposite be proved, the
professor deduce much logic of inherent prob
ability to confirm his position the supporters
of the pous conventional view.
At least his conception enables us to rehabilitate
the reputation of Judas at expense whatever to
that of Jesus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-01
Culture Developing

"XXTE still speak of art as Euro
w pean," says Morand, still
speak of our old masters, but where
are they? They are going to New
York, and with the help of antique
dealers, in fifty years Europe will
be kind of midwest, and Salt Lake
City, no doubt, will become the land
Of treasures"
Somewhat extravagant, perhaps,
but not entirely unreasonable.
In spite of all the riots, ribaldry
and crudeneSS, America has de-
veloped type Of culture which is
not only impressing the rest of the
world, but Of which it can we'll af-
ford to be proud.
Its people no longer need to visit
other lands for works of art, choice
editions or great monuments.
Though one would hardly guess it
to hear some folks talk, American
prosperity has produced something
besides so much wealth.
Admitting that there is q deal
Of sham in its ostentatious char
tiles, and evidence of publicity
hunger in many of its philan-
thropies, it has still created centers
OF education and refinement that
are not exceeded, if indeed, they are
equalled, anywhere in this world.
To measurable extent, Europe
is living on its past, while America
is living in the present,
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| ANNIVERSARY
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HOWELLS' BIRTH
March 1.

NN March l, 1887, William Dean
~ HoWells, American novelist,
poet and critic, and often referred
to as the dean of American let
ters," was born at Martins Ferry, O..
Studious as a boy, Howells be-
gan making verses almost as soon
as he could read. He first at
tracted attention, however, when
his poems appeared in the Allan
tic Monthly.
In 1860, in his 23d year, he
wrote a campaign Life Of Lin
coin" in recognition of which he
received the next year the Vene-
tian consulate. In his four years
abroad in that post, he is said to
have done his country a great
service in interpreting, through his
writings, America to Europe.
When he returned, he did hardly
lesser service in interpreting
America to itself. A strong cham
pion Of realism, he wrote of his
fellow -countrymen as he saw
them.
Two of his most famous works
are: 1.-THE Rise of Silas Lapham"
and "a Hazard of New Fortunes"
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Questions and
AnS1Ce7.S

Does an automobile tire inflated
weigh more than one that is not
inflated?
Air has weight, therefore, an in
f1ated tire weighs more than one
that is Debated.
How did Harold Lloyd lose his
thumb and forefinger?
He lost part Of his hand while he
was posing for some comic photo
graphs. He held a real bomb, which
the property man had given him by
mistake This exploded, blowing up
the studio and injuring Lloyd's
hand.
Is there any relation between the
husbands of sisters?
There is, no actual relationship.
By courtesy they are called broth
ers-in-law.
Is there any law to prevent an
atheist from being q witness in
federal court?
No.
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attitude toward law begotten in the atmosphere Of
Monticello hardly could pass muster under the con-
ditions Of lower Manhattan island or Pittsburgh
today.
Another cause of increasing legislation has been
the triumph of the democratic dogma that citizens
may and should create Utopia by laws of their own
making The perfection of society is in the hands
of the people
This notion has been increased and distorted by
the fanatical wish of to make others good" by
legislative fiat. Finally must recognize the gen.
eral tendency in political philosophy to abandon the
Jefersonian and Spencerian position that the best
government is the one which governs least. For bet
ter worse the philosophy of state intervention has
the day
The sensible person is likely to find some middle
ground between the futile desire to return to the
conditions of pre-ndustraI revolution age and the
blanket approved of current avalanche of laws.
That must have many laws may be conceded,
but let us keep them down to the necessary mini
mum; let the laws we do have be much the
product Of expert advice of democratic urge and
then let us enforce such laws put on the
statute books.
safe working principle will be to resort to law
making only when other remedies have proved
inadequate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-01
Greatest Triunnh

WE are prone to look at life
w through the telescope, as
though it were only the big things
that count, to explain the rise and
fall of empires, the development of
social movements and the general
drift of human events, as though
they were beyond the influence of
details.
In science we admit the power
of the germ and electron.
In human affairs, we look for
the most stupendous thing in sight
Poker Alice" stood for an age,
quite as distinctly as did the Hunt
ingtons, Rockefellers, Harrimans
and Hills, and if Morand, or any
one else would know American life,
he should travel with the taxicab
driver, the longshoreman and jan
itor, as we'll as the highbrow clique
whom they support.
America has done much for cul-
ture and education, but that is not
its greatest triumph.
Its greatest triumph consists in
what it has done for. plain, average
people,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-01
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICE
Asbestos Miner Faces Peculiar Peril

Black Lake district between Quebec
City and Sherbrooke.
Because few complaints were
heard as to any special types of ill
ness occurring in asbestos workers,
little attention was given to the
subject.
However, reports have begun to
appear in various publications
throughout the world which indi-
cate that there are special haz-
ards associated with the handling
of asbestos.
Thus a British physician has
pointed out that the inhalation of
asbestos fibers produces fibrouS
changes in the lungs which repre-
sent perhaps an attempt of the
tissues of the lung to wall of the
foreign substance.
Asbestos contains about Al per
cent of silica and 21a per cent of
iron oxide. The lungs seem to react
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particularly to silica with flbrous in
Illumination that is called silicosis.
In addition to changes produced
in the lungs, workers with asbestos
develop warty growths on the in
which are called asbestos corns.
The human body has factors Of
safety which are sometimes perhaps
equally factors for harm. Thus the
tissues are able to take care of a
great many serious reactions or in
Examinations by walling them off or
by eliminating them in other ways.
If the danger to the body is not
too considerable, workers are like
ly to pay little attention to the diff
Guilty.
AS more and more scientific
studies are made in the field of in
dustry, these conditions are brought
to light, and 1t becomes possible for
industrial medicine to protect the
worker, even though he himself has
not realized the hazard.
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TT SEEMS TO ME By HR RTo23@

almost no opportunity to preach
to the opposition.
This has been my own expe-
rience. I've talked for peace and
I've talked for birth control on
many OCCASIONS, but always with the
feeling that it was an ineffective
proceeding.
I am not referring to my ora
torical deficiencies. I could have
been twice-oh, let's make ten times
as eloquent, and have done small
good.
The invitations to speak about
birth control have come from some
birth control organization, and the
requests to speak against war have
always been rendered by some So
ciety dedicated to the fight against
militarism.
And so, when I got on my feet
at the hall or the hotel, was fac
ing an audience which believed pre-
cisely as I did. Moreover, they
were acquainted in advance with the
arguments which would present.
And so, though many yawned,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-01

America Has Developed a
Type Of Culture Which Is
ImpresSing All the Rest of
the World.
SAYS:

THE death of Poker Alice" re-
i minds us that this is not the
first day or generation in which
women have played mems games
with men
Long before the short skirt made
its appearance, or the nineteenth
amendment was passed, this English
immigrant had had her fling with
the divorce court, the six gun and
the gambling palace.
She knew The bright lights Of
virtually all the famous mining
camps, as we'll as the seamy side.
Though black cigars, strong liquor
and poker chips accounted for most
Of her serious effort and recreation,
she did not get into real trouble
until after 70 and because of the
prohibition law
Then she would have gone to Jail
had Governor Bulow of South Da-
kota not felt conjunction against
sending "a white-haired woman over
the road"
SO much has been said in deroga-
ton Of American life in general,
and that Of New York in particular,
that it is refreshing to hear no less
an authority than the French nov
elist, Paul Morand, advise Americans
that they have little to gain in Paris
or Europe.
Those people. who find fault with
America Standardization, he says,
fail to 2clize that Europe has all
its drawbacks, with none Of its ad-
vantages.
New York he regards as the one
place where the present generation
can lead a superior life, and he
defines superior life as meaning
good manners, picture galleries,
Partisan frocks, enjoyable CONVERSE
ton, seeing good plays, the knowl-
eye of good wines and the strategy
of love-"
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Delighted

NF course, 1t is possible that a
" speaker could present his case
so ineptly as to drive even a friendly
audience over to the other camp
This is not within my experience.
I'm not as bad as all that.
And, accordingly, / would be de-
lighted to have an opportunity at
any time to talk to a chapter of the
knights of Columbus on birth con-
troll, or to discuss pacifism with the
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton.
Not, you understand, with the ex-
pectation that any nearer or hear
ers would hit the SaWdust trail Of
conversion. But, at least, it would
be a try. There is no point in at
tempting to make converts out OF
those who are already converted.
And so it seems to me that Mrs.
Bodies decision not to let w. G.
T. u. officers play any more with
the unregenerate is a confession of
weakness.
The indignities offered Mrs.
Colvin by wet auditors hardly can
have been colossal. Spokeswomen
for the Organization for National
Prohibition Reform deny that there
was any intentional discoutesy.
Still, it is not unlikely that here
and there a hostile audience may
have laughed mockingly in the
wrong place. There may even have
been a hiss and perhaps heckler.
But what of it? A true crusader
wants hostile audiences. Every de-
batter knows that a speaker is
boon. Such an interruption gives
him a chance to get to grips with
the opposition point Of view.
Copyright. 1880. by The Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-01
XXTTTHIN the last two or three

XXTTTHIN the last two or three
w months an extraordinary
change has occurred in the status Of
the fight between prohibition. If 1
seem to dwell a great deal on this
theme, it is because of the fact that
discussion at last begins to take ef-
feet.
Back In the days of trench war
fare a great deal of good white pa
per was wasted by propagandists on
both sides. Nobody was convinced.
The debate was repetitious, and all
the seed fell on stony ground.
There can be no denying that at
the beginning the drys had more
fervor. The victory they won was
not huke.
Even a minority can prevail, If it
is passionate enough, and there was
a day when the prohibitionists had
not only a majority, but vast pre-
ponderance of power based on. the
solid weight of conviction which lay
behind their cause.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-01

WHY SO hot, little man." asked
w Emerson, look at the stars"
Aye, and if that is not enough, con-
slider measles, whooping cough, or
even the mumps.
Here is a great trial In North Car
DINA, containing issues, as we have
been told, that go to the bottom of
our economic and industrial prob
lem, but halted, because one of the
five defendants has the mumps.
Mere mortals, after all, no mat
ter how hot we get, how big we
build, how violently we disagree.
Napoleon, according to some his
torians, lost the battle of Waterloo
because he was sick of shameful
malady, while Sardis is said to have
fallen for no better reason than that
a soldier dropped his helmet over
the cliff.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-01
SCIENCE
Biologist Tells of Fly THAI
Dimes on Spiders, Revers-
ing the Old ProUerb.
BY DAVID DIETZ-
PROVERBS about the spider and

PROVERBS about the spider and
Il the fly are many. Undoubtedly
most readers, back in primarr~
school days, shed a tear or two for
the poor little fly who was invited
to step into the spiders parlor.
They may be surprised, therefor, to
know that there is one kind OF fly
which far from falling victim 10
spiders, makes a habit Of dining
upon them.
Austin H. Clark. the distinguished
biologist of the Smithsonian In
stitution, who has made a study Of
queer animals, fish and insects, tells
about them.
Strange as it may SEEM" says
DR.. Clark. there is a whole group
of flies all the members of which
feed entirely on spiders.
They are very queer looking flies.
The head is very small and seems
to consist almost entirely of a pair
Of eyes. The back is arched SO
strongly that they seem to be de-
formed-little hunchbacked flies
"A number of these Spider-eating
flies are beautifully colored and
brilliantly metallic. There are not
so very many different kinds Of these
curious flies, and most of them are
rare.
Among other curious flies de-
scribed by DR.. Clark is the so-called
stalk-eyed flies These have the
eyes each on the end of long
stalk projecting sideways from the
head
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-01
Martyrs

A N intelligent dry like John
K n Haynes Holmes was once justi-
fed in his remark that, after all
the modificationists could not pos
Sibly be deeply sincere, since these
dissenterS had put forth no martyrs.
The drys have been kind enough
and foolish enough to make martyrs.
The Volsteaders have shot their
bolt. They laid aside their crusading
armor much too soon, and now the
shields, the banners. and the proud,
white plumes are to be found in the
army of the repealers.
All this is strikingly illustrated in
a recent edict issued by Mrs. Ella
A. Boole. president Of the National
w. c. T. U. Mrs. BoOle has issued
orders that officers Of her organ
ization are to refrain in future from
speaking at meetings arranged by
the Women's Organization for Ma
tional Prohibition Reform.
Mrs Colvin, the leader Of the
Temperance Union in New York,
recently appeared at a dinner de-
bate sponsored by the modification
lists. Her experiences at this meet
ing are offered as the cause for the
recent ruling against discussion.
The reasons advanced by Mrs.
Boole for this policy of Scuttle and
run can not be explained in any
way except as confession OF
present defeat and impending dis
aster.
I'VE have no doubt that We will
be charged with being afraid to ap-
pear in public" she says, but at
the same time the facts in the case
justify our position.
Instead of a bona f1de discus
sion, Mrs. Colvin discovered that
the meetings were packed with
opponents of prohibition, who sub
jected Mrs. Colvin to considerable
i'll treatment"
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StaIk-Eyed

TN some of the stalk-eyed flies the
l. distance from eye to eye is as
great as the distance across the
wings, or twice the body length, DR..
Clark states.
"Stalk-eyed flies are common in
the tropics in damp grass lands and
in shady woods" he says. Safely
concealed on the under surface of a
grass blade with their little eyes
projecting out on either side. thanks
to the long stalks, they can see you
perfectly without your being able to
see them.
You see them first when they fly
away.
One kind of stalk-eyed fly is COM
mon in our eastern states, but in
this the stalks are very short and,
give little indication of the bizarre
appearances OF some of its oriental
relatives"
DR.. Clark says that the so-called
human bot-fly Of the American
tropics is the most ingenious of flies.
THE maggots live beneath the
skin, forming local sores" he says.
But the flies themselves never
come near man. If the flies never
come near man, how is it that their
maggots find their way to the hui
man body?
THE female bot-fly captures a
female mosquito and lays some eggs
on the under side of the mosquitoes
body. Later, when the mosquitoes
is engaged in sucking blood from a
sleeping person, a little bot-fly mag
got emerges from an egg, drops to
the skin of the mosquitoes victim.
and when the mosquito is through
feeding enters the body through the
opening made by the mosquitoes
beak."
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BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

A S the great industries have
N called scientific medicine in to
assist them, it has become realized
more and more that workers with
various substances undergo special
hazards.
When post-mortem examinations
are made on BARRIERS, the lungs are
not infrequently found to contain
numerous short hairs inhaled dur
ing the course of the trade.
Workers in dusty trades Of all
sorts have a possible hazard due to
the inhalation of such materials.
Recently the Journal of the
Canadian Medical Association has
called attention to the fact that
considerable part of the worlds
supply Of asbestos is mined in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-01

none Kissed or heckled. At the end
the chairman would say: THAT was
fine meeting we had tonight"
I never thought so, for the net
result was that forty to 100 people
came out with a definite set of
opinions and went home carrying
precisely the same commodities.
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House Flies

TINE common house fly is just
L one Of a number Of flies which
frequent houses in summer, DR..
Clark points out
From time to time during the
summer you are annoyed by sharp
bite, and on looking at the bitten
spot you see the culprit, which
seems to be an ordinary house fly"
he says.
But it is not a house fly. II you
watch a house fly tapping up its
food or water you will see that it's
mouth parts and are soft and ex-
panded at the end and are adapted
for imbibing liquids.
THE mouth parts Of this biting
fly form sharp beak, which is
adapted to piercing the skin Of ami
mails and sucking the blood
1T almost invariably bites through
clothing and seems to specialize on
socks and stockings. Animals it
bites mostly on the lower portion of
the legs.
THE biting house fly really is very
different from the house fly. 1t is
somewhat stouter and is usually
slightly larger.
When at rest, it carries it's wings
at greater angle. It's slender but
official beak, of which the tip is
visible, serves to distinguish it at
once.
Many different kinds of flies
frequent outhouses besides the COM
mon house fly. One Of the COM
monest of these is the lesser house
fly, which is smaller than the house
fly and has a more pointed body.
This fly has a curious habit OF
flying in an angular course beneath
chandelier in the cented of a
room.
Then there is the stable fly,
which is almost exactly lick the
house fly. Another common fly in
houses, especially in cool. damp cell
lars. is the large and hairy blue bot
tie"
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ideals and opinions expressed
IN this column are those OF
one of Americas most inter
esting writers and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this Daper.--The Editor.
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Experience

r CAN NOT imagine a worse
i reason for a sincere and i'm
FASHIONED advocates lodging OF dis
cussion. Every person within my
acquaintance who is interested in
any cause complains that he has
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Daily Thought

And all the kings Of the earth
sought the presence of Solomon,
to hear his wisdom, that God had
put in his heart.-u Chronicles
9:23.
Wisdom adorns riches and shad-
ows poverty-Socrates.
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Is Chinese born in the United
States a citizen of the United
States?
Yes.
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Has the radio distress signal
SOS" been changed?
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