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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29
STAGE Is Set

XX7E are not approaching next
w years election under normal
blood pressure.e
Lack of leadership might pull us
through along seemingly orthodox
lines.
If it does, we only shall have
postponed the agony.
The American people have suf-
fered from the worst decade of com
promise and inaction that they have
experienced since the Civil war.
They virtually have been made in
articulate on several important is
sues. Those leaders who construe
their patience as meaning acqui-
essence merely are making an I'M
necessary mistake.
The stage has been set for an
ether "cross Of gold" grafton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29
Ready for Stampede

BECAUSE Of the political repreS-
- sion under which we have suf-
fered since the war, the silence
which has been forced upon us by
organized control of both parties, it
would not be surprising if one or
the other of the conventions blew
up.
With the right kind of leader.
there is plenty of pent-up steam in
either camp to cause a stampede.
To be specific, if former Cover
nor Smith were so minded, he could
make plenty of fireworks for the
Democrats, while Senator Borah
could put on an equally interesting
show for the Republicans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29
Was Big Difference

TITO a certain extent, the situa-
4 ton that enabled Bryan to
captivate the Democratic party with
a short speech and upset the most
carefully laid plans of its supposed
leaders, resembles the one now eX-
isting.
The country then was emerging
from a great depression, just as it
is today, and though the great in
dustrial centerS had suffered much,
the agricultural west was the seat
of uproar.
There is this difference, however.
Industry had not awakened to a
realization of its responsibilities.
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Bryan a Liberal

NOU are reminded of 1895, when
i the stage was being set for
Bryan, though no one guessed it
at the time, and when the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver at
Is to l" was the great cry.
Those Of the younger generation
are apt to think of Bryan not only
as failure, but a reactionary. That
is because of the role he chose in
his latter years, particularly in con-
nection with religion and, more par
ticularly still, in connection with
the Scopes case.
It was as a liberal in politics,
however, that Bryan made his repu-
tation and came within few thou
sand votes of being elected Presi-
dent of the United States.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE :

trunk and head SO that the body
weight is supported with a minimum
amount of exertion.
Good body mechanics provide for
proper distribution of weight in
such manner that the joints and
ligaments of the feet are protected.
In good posture, the back curves
well within normal limitations. If
they are within normal limitations,
there will not be any joint or mus
Gle strain and the mobility of the
back will be sufficient.
The process of evolution which
caused a four-footed animal to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29
MAY | Present Mr.. Broun2

a ND so the young man and I
L a bristled at each other with
great belligerency. I can't say who
won the argument. But at least he
didn't convince me. came. out of
the establishment with far more
vanity than I had carried in.
After all, it was invigorating to
discover that at least one person
in the world had such a high re-
gard for Haywood Broun, even
though that person was myself.
Probably my warlike attitude was
somewhat inspired by an introduce
tory anecdote related by the young
man to the assembled company. He
told of party in London which he
had attended in company with
Harpo Marx. A number of English
literary lights were present, and, &C
cording to the narrator, the come
dian seemed somewhat i'll at ease.
In fact, when Harpo was intro
duced to Lytton Strachey he FUN
bled around for some opening re-
mark which would bring them both
on common ground. Eventually, &C
cording to the anecdote, he said, "Mr.
Strachey. do you know Haywood
Broun?'
And there the story teller stopped
But" I objected, you haven't
come to the point yet. What did
Mr.. Strachey say?"
Why, he said No. of course, an
swered the young man.
If he had left out the "of course"
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CAPTURE OF RAMADIE
September 20

.ON Sept. 20, 1917, the town of
" Ramadie, on the Euphrates
river in Mesopotamia, was captured
by the Anglo-Indian army under
Sir Stanley MauGe.
The entire army of Ahmed Bey
was captured.
Capture of the town and the
army was preceded by storming of
Mushaid ridge by Maude's superior
artillery. His mobile cavalry like
wise played a big part.
Ramadie is about $50 miles south
and a little east of Mosul.
Attacking the advanced positions
on Mushaid ridge at dawn of the
day before, after a night march,
Maude quickly secured the enemy,
fought a severe battle during the
day, carried the main positions, and
then so disposed his troops that the
enemy had no avenue of escape.
Critics said it was a fine, finished
piece Of work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29
Attitudes Are CHANGED

HAD any great business leader
l. L come forward with a PROPOSE
ton like the Swope plan, heaven
only knows what would have hap
pened. Bryan certainly would have
lost the spotlight as the country's
prize radical.
Whatever else may be said of
our progress since that time, it has
brought about a singularly liberal
viewpoint on the part of some of
the biggest business men.
Such thing could not occur
without changing those attitudes
and cleavages which determine the
political drift.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29
Just Football

THIS year the bulk of my foot
Il ball interest and enthusiasm
will go to Princeton. I am break
ing the tradition that a gulf exists
between that institution and ANYBODY
connected with Harvard. But my
new point of view depends not upon
the Tigers as team, but entirely
upon the announced intention of
the new coach, Al Wittmer.
Mr.. Wittmer has declared that
there will be no pep talks in the
locker room before the game or be-
tween the halves. He will ask not
a single youngster to die for dear
old Princeton, but it is his feeling
that his job is to teach his charges
to play football.
He has no intention of also taking
on the role of emotional actor. If
this new dispensation becomes uni
versal, 90 per cent of the bunk
which has grown up in colleges of
today will be eliminated.
Copyright 1881, by The Tinesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29

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 nf
this Uaper.-The Editor.
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TIT CEENTC TO NTE -, HAYWOOD
i J. OLL1V1O L ~ 1V1G bl BROUN

1 might have taken it more calmly.
We'll, whom is the joke supposed
to be on?" inquired. "It seem
to me the goat in the matter is not
Harpo, but Lytton Strachey. Where's
he been all these years? 1t just goes
to show that any man who gets put
tering around into researches con-
corning the private life of Queen
Victoria and the love affairs of
Elizabeth is going to become rusty
in current affairs. The parade has
passed him by.'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29
More Study Urged

R. M hlNLEY urges that more
~ attention be devoted to the
study Of the filterable viruses. He
says:
"As a subject the filterable vir-
uses offer tremendous opportunities
for scientific study.
"a great deal of knowledge has
accumulated during the past four
decades, but as field for investiga-
ton the filterable viruses seem only
in their infancy when one takes in
to account the many important and
fundamental questions which need
to be answered.
Most Of the field is unexplored
territory but it is a hopeful sign to
see the extraordinary activity which
has been focused on these problems
during the last several years.
"One American university has,
with vision and foresight, estab-
lished a department for the study Of
this group Of diseases.
Another has added a course in
the >filterable viruses to its cur
riculum. No doubt further develop
ments along these lines will occur
as awakened interest and vision
take the place of reticence.
And the filterable viruses may
offer special field, just as the dis
eases of the various systems are
specialized today in our medical in
stitutions.
Demands of progress and needs
for trained personnel may, of ne
cessity, bring this about.
Progress has been slow and no
doubt will continue to be slow until
some of the fundamentals are es-
tablished.
This has been true in the science
bacteriolOgy (nearly 200 years
elapsed between invention of the
microscope and the discovery Of the.
first disease producing germ, the
anthrax bacillus).
1.-THE cultivation of the first gao
terium on artificial medium gave
to the science of bacteriologv a
fundamental working tool.
Looking ahead in the field of the
filterable viruses our greatest need
is for working tools, new ideas and
methods of approach"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29
History Nav Rennat

=
IN 1895, it was the Democratic
Il party which split on the rocks
of discomfort and radicaIism, turn
ing against it's own administration
and advancing a new scheme for
national recovery.
Whether the Republican party
will reach such a point next year.
it contains large and important
groups that are not enthusiastic
over the present administrations
conduct and that would slough
away with very little encourage
ment.
AS in 1896, both major parties are
afraid of certain issues-prohibition,
farm relief, power and unemploy-
ment-and are doing the best they
can to prevent an unexpected up
heava1.
AS in 1896, both of them contain
volcanic forces.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29
At Least One Admirer

MY answer to the problem as
1V1 shown in terms of action was
to express a profound and fervent
admiration for the bulk of all work
done by Haywood Broun. 1t has
been my practice On many occa-
sions to speak disparagingly of my
self and my capacities in my own
column.
But when an outsider leaps in it
seems to me that a different situ-
alton has arisen. Indeed, when I
speak severely of myself it is quite
possible that there fingers the hope
that some one will rush forward
crying: "Oll, mol You're not as
bad as all that!"
On one occasion I did a profile of
Haywood Broun for the New Yorker
and aSsailed the man with a con-
siderable amount of rancor. In fact,
a friend who picked up the maya
zine and read the piece was so
much annoyed that he was just
about to write letter of protest to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29

the editor when he found that the
essay was photographed.
Naturally I would never under
take to say-even at 4:3O a. m. in a
speakeasy-that every word con-
tanned within "It Seems to Me" is
precious. I would not hold out for
every other word. But under pres
sure I must maintain that on GER
tain afternoons I think the column
is excellent.
I say ''must" because without that
much faith in himself no man can
possibly keep up with his stint.
Madness would be the inevitable
goal of any 365-day contributor who
got the impression that his very
best efforts were worthless.
I have seen men and women of
far greater talent begin to disin-
tegrate because of the uneasy fear
that they were done with all per-
sonaI usefulness in the world. Even
though the quill pen has disap-
peared, the writing man of any sort
must keep within easy reach hat
bearing a white plume.
If you can not fantasy yourself
into some sort of Identification with
Henry Of Navarro you might as well
hand in your resignation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29
Daily Thought

But / say unto you, love your
enemies, bless them that curse
you. do good to them that hate
you, and pray for them which de-
spitefully use you, and prosecute
you.-Matthew 5:44.
No free man will ask as favor
what he can not claim as reward
Terence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29

CPEAKING of 1.-THE Book of
y Dilemmas," as I was the other
day, found myself plunged into a
problem yesterday morning. Here
is the dilemma:
"You are a newspaper man AZ
years old, inclined to corpulence,
and you have been writing a daily
column for number of years. In
a speakeasy at 4:30 a. m. you find
yourself in the company of a num-
Der of confreres.
zone of them suddenly levels an
accusing finger in your directiNp
and makes a violent attack upon
the quality of your work and pro-
ceeds to SOW the criticism with salt
by mentioning certain rival whom
he holds up as a paragon of journal
istic integrity, efficiency and dignity.
Should you receive this attack
in silence, with mild protest or pro-
coed to defend YOURSELF"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29
Another White Mans Burden

AN unquestionably wel-intentoned couple in New
YORK have created foundation for the education of
Inc natives OF American Samoa, so they can take
their proper place in present-day life" They are
to be instructed Sin all the arts of living and of
government" under modern conditions
We Shudder for the poor Samoans For their
proper place in preSent-day life will be what the
administrators of the foundation think it ought to
be ana not what the Sanoans themselves would like
Virtual extinction of the Polynesan race as a
result OF contact with traders and missionaries of the
so-caled Christian countries has been tragedy. The
natives of American Samoa, we have been told.
escaped some of the corroding influence of the white
mans civilization because they were pretty much left
to their own Devices and permitted to follow the WAYS
of their fathers
Inc SamoanS are peaceable and friendly peope
who enjoy living and not greatly concerned about
acquiring wealth, with depressions nlerchanizaton
and similar things
Now we suppose, they will be taught to wear con-
Ventlonal Clothes which they do not like and about
work. for which they have natural and deep-seated
aversion, and which they have been able to avoid
because Nature was SO good to them.
And doubtless they will forget to loaf and dance
and laugh and sing and play in the ocean, and fish
which things they reputedy are fondest of. They
will learn acqusitiveness and will know what riches
and poverty and hunger mean if they are to be truly
modern.
Or perhaps the foundation has better plan of
education" We hope SO.
Sing Sings football team is out for practice and
already the back field is doping how to get past
the guards.
Of course the Ouimets of Boston had beans ready
for the bacon Francis carried back home
It's hard to be bull or bear on Wall Street and a
social lion at the same time, says the office sage
Smile: Takes as much time to read as the help
wanted column.
More United States fruits are being exported to
Europe, says news item. So they won't mind get
ting the raspberry, we hear.
Lowell Bayes, the coal miner who became the speed
king of the sky is who probably had some foun-
datlon for building his castles in the air.
Gandhi, irked by stalng at London, probably isn't
aware of the tendency to talk in circles at round
table conference.
The Indians, it can be seen, are only talking
through their mahatma
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Health Magazine.
TINE Council on Physical The
n rapy of the American Medical
Association is interested in all ply
steal forces that influence the hui
man body and particularly in at
tempts to treat disease by exercise,
massage, manipulation and similar
methods.
Recently DR.. Robert B. Osgood, at
the request of the council, summa-
rized our present knowledge Of body
mechanics and posture. The mark
of good body mechanics is good
posture.
The head should be held up with
the chin in, pulled back until its
point is nearly over the breast bone
and balanced properly above the
shoulders, hips and ankles.
The chest must be held in such
a position that the breast bone or
sternum is the part of the body
farthest forward. The lower abdo-
men is held in and fiat.
The legs are lined up with the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29

OF course the Ouimets of Boston had beans ready
for the bacon Francis carried back home.
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M. E. Tracy
SAYS:


With the Right Kind of a
Leader There Is Plenty of
Pent-Up Steam IN Either
Partys Camp to Cause a
Stampede.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-It's q
IN long way from London to Den
yer, but cheap gold means high
silver, and things done at 10 Down.
ing street a few days ago find a
curious reflection in things being
done in Colorado right now.
Colorado banks are displaying
bars Of silver in their windows and
advising people to use silver dol
lars, instead of paper money.
Colorado mining men are talk
ing hopefully, if not confidently, of
another silver boom, while real
estate agents, tradesmen and gam
blers are keeping a weather eye on
those ghost cities which played such
an important part in the states
history when silver brought good
prices in a ready market.
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The Indians it can be seen, are only talking
through their mahatma
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29

It's hard to be bull or bear on Wall Street and a
social lion at the same time, says the office sage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29

Gandhi irked by salling at London, probably isn't
aware Of the tendency to talk in circles at round
table conference.
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SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

FilterabIe Viruses, So Small
They Never Haze Been
Seen, Are the Cause of
More Than Seventy Dis
eases.
INVISIBLE objects, invisible even
4 in the most powerful microscopes,
are the subject Of one of the most
Important phases of scientific re-
search today. The health and well
fare Of large part of the human
race is tied up with these studies.
The invisible objects are thought
to be living plants, sort of sub
bacteria. They are known to medi-
cal science as the filterable viruses.
1t is very difficult, however, to say
just what they are.
mo one yet has offered a suitable
definition Of f1lterable virus" says
DR.. Earl B. Mckinley, director of
the School Of Tropical Medicine Of
the University of Porto Rico.
The term hlterable virus has
come into general use chiefly be-
cause most of these agents have
been shown to pass through the
pores Of porcelain or diatomaceous
earth filters.
Until We learn more about these
agents, We must be content with the
present state of affairs and for the
time being, define a filterable virus
as an agent, probably endowed with
life, Of size and carrying an cleo
trlcal charge which permits it to
pass through the pores of filters.
And since disease phenomena
have focused our attention upon
them, they appear to be capable Of
inducing pathological processes in
many forms of life including man,
lower animals, fishes, insects and
plants.
Cause Many Diseases
THERE are no less than seventy
l. diseases caused by filterable
viruses, according to DR.. Mckinley.
Among the diseases affecting man
concerning which there is evidence
OF f1lterable or ultramicroscopic
causative agent" he says. "are
smallpox, varicella, measles, epi-
demic parotitis, epidemic encephali-
tbs, yellow fever, poliomyelitis, den
que fever, rabies, psittacosis, the
common colds and epidemic infu-
enza.
"Other important diseases such as
cancer and multiple Sclerosis have
adherents that believe that their in
citing agents are of virus nature.
Among the diseases of lower ami
mails we have the various forms of
pox (cow-pox, sheep-pox, horse pox.
goatpox, SwinepoX), rabies, distem-
per, encephalitis in horses (Borna
d1seases), Naoirobi disease of sheep,
African horse sickness, catarrhal
fever of sheep, foot-and- mouth dis
ease, hog cholera, rinder- pest, pleu-
ropneumonia, influenza and others,
all of which are thought of at pres
ent as probably virus infections.
| %A@SAA LAACAC cAC 1OWl-IOA anu
fowl diphtheria, fowl-plague, the
sarcomata of fowls, leukaemia of
fowls and others.
There are the diseases of in
sects which include sacbrood dis
ease of bees. the wilt disease of the
gypsy moth and the European nun
moth, jaundice of silk worms, etc.
There are the epithelioma of fish,
carp-pox and lymphocystic disease
of fish, and finally in the plant
kingdom we have that large group
of mosaic diseases which include mo-
sale of tobacco, sugar cane, tomato,
potato, cucumber, lettuce, cabbage,
mustard, turnip, spinach and many
others.
Among the rickettsia diseases of
man we have typhus fever, trench
fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever,
and nOccibJu o+17arc
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Lowell Bayes, the coal miner who became the speed
king of the sky, is who probably had some foun
dation for building his castles in the air.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29

sing Sings football team is out for practice and
already the back field is doping out how to get past
the guards.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29

Smile: Takes as much time to read as the help
wanted column
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More United States fruits are being exported to
Europe says news item. SO they won't mind get
ting the raspberry, we hear.
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Posture Is Factor in Health Care

This is the first of a series of four
articles by DR.. Morris Fishbein, health
authority. on the Importance of good
posture to health. With the coming of
the indoor season this short series is
particularly fitting at this time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-29
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Association and of HYgeia. the
Health Magazine.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-05

Grimes pitching hand. Cochrane up. Ball l, high; strike I, foul; pail z, high and inside; strike 2, foul' foul; ball 3, high inside; ball 4, nigh and inside; walks. McNair running for Cochrane. Simmons up. Bal l, high and wide; home run over right field wall, scoring Mo- nalr ahead of him. Foxx up. Strike l, called; ball l, high and wide; strlKe Z, called; out, strike 8, famed.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-05
NINTH INNING

ST. LOUIS Mahaffey, right handed, pitching for Philadelphia Flowers up Ball 1, high; ball 2, high and inside; ball 3, low and wide; ball 4, low and inside; walks. Roettger up. Ball l, high and in side; ;bunts to pitcher, forcing Flow CTS at second, pitcher to short. Watkins running for Roettger. Wat kins on first. Frisch up. Strike 1, called; strike 2, famed; out, third to first; Watkins on second. Bot tomley up. Ball 1, low and wide; Strike l, famed; doubles to right field, scoring Watkins. Hafey up. ball l. low and inside; ball 2, low Strike 1, called; strike 2, called: and inside; out, fly to left field.
 One run, one hit, no errors and one left on base.
 PHILADELPHIA - Watkins play- ing right field for St. Louis. Bishop up. Ball 1, high and wide: ball 2, low and inside; strike 1. called: ball 3, high and inside; strike 2, called; foul; foul; out, grounded to first. Haas up. Out, pitcher to short to first; the ball glanced off