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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
The Highway Mess

Governor Leslie learns He has finally discovered
that there was something smelly in his highway de-
partnent fact which citizens generally and the last
legislature definitely knew.
His outburst against the habits and methods of
the statesmen Of materials for the construction OF
highways is a mere shot at the evils which have
long existed in that department.
The commission spends twenty millions OF
dollars year, and even in these boom times that
is sum of sufficient size to attract the greedy or the
thrifty
The commission has absolute power in selecting
the roads to be paved That accounts for queer
routing Politicians able to enhance the values
Of farms. Hostile villages are marooned The waste
has been enormous
The discovery by the Governor that the commits
sion has hagrantly violated the law under an in
ferentiaI indictment that it did in order to favor
one set Of statesmen because the Governor links the
event and the curse of statesmen in his diatribe has
been known to Others including newspapers which
have printed the fact, for many months.
Later it may be discovered that the Interpretation
Of the law by the commission in the past has cost
the people many thousands of dollars.
The provision that there shall be three types Of
road in every advertisement for bids has given the
cement interests a monopoly at times The cost of
cement roads per mile is about 5000 less than asphalt
and $4,000 less than brick
The real question is whether the cost of any Of
the type selected the best is fair extoronate
In the end, the people may some day decide to
erect their cement and asphalt plants, brick
plants If they want brick and cut out the costly
craftsmanship.
Perhaps the Governor may become convinced that
the people ought to build their own roads Of ma
terials made in state-owned plants OF course, that
may mean a few more designations from the COM
mission and perhaps new election by the people
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
Not So Rngped

strange blight seems to have attacked the
rugged observation-disclosures perhaps ragged individ-
uslisn-of the private shipping business 1t seems to
forgotten all about the virtues of the "Ameri-
plan" widely extolled in recent years. which
gives the individual free scope. unhampered by the
government, to operate and earn as he pleases.
Ever since the it has been the constant aim
OF rugged individualistS to get the government out
OF the shipping business. The vices of government
competition with citizens who otherwise might build
up profitable business in accordance with the best
ideals OF the founding fathers have been set forth
repeatedly.
So the government did get out of business, selling
at losses great, sometimes, to shock the coun-
try. the United States shipping board has Invested
itself Of practically its entire merchant feet Among
the last to 60 the great vessels of the United
States lines. including the Leyiathan and others
These were sold TO private owners and with them
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
A New Attack
DR. LEVENE. however. is

.DR. LEVENE, however, is quite
II willing to admit that this does
not constitute any complete victory
for mechanism He says:
Granting that the problem Of
the directive force will be solved it
also may be granted that the entire
mystery of like will not be solved by
this achievement.
Chemistry, however. already is
preparing a new attack. A more
essential characteristic Of living
matter than the directive force of
individual chemical reactions is the
power to coordinate all chemical
reactions in such way that the or
ganism may function as a whole
for the purpose of maintaining it's
normal equilibrium and for the pur-
pose of growth and reproduction.
This may be regarded as the in
tegrating force of the living organ
ism. The discoveries Of the last
decade alone furnish proof of the
simplicity Of the agents acting to-
ward this end.
Think Of all the hormones and
vitamins! Only those which as yet
have not been isolated may be
thought Of as complex and myster-
ious.
"Those obtained in pure state
generally are found to be much
simpler in chemical structure than
many Of the ordinary tissue COM
ponents and definitely simpler than
certain common drugs.
TN fact, many of them are moth
ing more than degradation products
of common tissue constituents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
ANAL AOO4 Lands

NOR several months not one single member of the
l. Vanderbilt family has been in the divorce court
and fear was beginning to grip the republic that
this romantic household might be growing soft, but
now all such nlisgivings happily routed by the
word from the west that young Cornelius Vanderbilt
and his last lady have started in opposite directions
The retirement Of Miss Clara Bow should impress
all the highly scented darngs of the screen with the
wisdom of watching their step since they are draw
ing absurd fortunes for very small ability.
Nowhere else on earth is human stock watered
Somebody in New York City now is filling the
mails with pamphlets, intended to reinstate Mayor
Jimmie Walker in popular esteem but up to date We
have detected no burning interest in the matter.
HARRY DAUGHERTY, former encouragement
4 must have had grand time at the dedication
over at Marion, o. he sat in the front row while
President Hoover lanabasted those who had betrayed
the confidence Of Harding
And what a kick Fall must have got out of it
as from the wide open spaces of New Mexico he
tuned in with his radio and heard his hide ripped of
by Mr.. Hoover.
BY the way. they're getting ready to examine
Fall again and see if his gizzard would be damaged
by trip to Washington to be sentenced to one year
in Jail
It would seem from all its delay that the depart
ment OF justice is oath to part from this Fall case
o4tSI dSSOC4dteC WIN IL 1Or so many years.
It's true you know, that you form attach
ment for almost anything after enough water has
gone over the dam.
WE once had an old friend who had worn wart
w on the end Of his nose for sixty years or more
but on marrying gay young second wife he was in
duced to have it pucked and all the rest OF his life he
was lonesome for that wart
And this Fall case certainly is wart on the nose
Of American justicel
It's interesting to note the Hoover statement that
during the Alaska trip former President Harding en-
dured the greatest agony of SOUL due to the knowl-
edge that he had been double crossed by those he had
trusted, but one naturally wonders why Mr. Harding
didn't blow the lid OF and hand the whole crowd over
to the public prosecutor.
It's interesting to speculate as to what might
have been politically had Hardings life not been end
ed by the betrayal OF his associates
1t is entirely probable that neither Mr.. Coolidge
nor Mr., Hoover would have entered the White House
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
HEALTH SERVICE
Quackery Has Clutch on Germany

believe that anemia and jaundice
can be cured by cooking sleeps lice
into jam; that the way for a moth
er to have a child without much
pain is to open all the doors, Win
doWs and boxes, to pull out all the
drawers and to unite all the knots
around the house.
They have their magical cures for
epilepsy and scrofula. They think
that paralysis can be cured by put
ting the patient to sleep on the
straw in a stable where a donkey
has slept.
Some think that a newborn baby
should not lie on its left side, be-
cause that will make it left-handed.
They also believe that a person will
be i'll all through his life if some
one gets some of his hair and bur-
les it in a cemetery.
These are examples of sympa-
thetic magic, based largely on the
ideas of similarity or symbolism.
Any one can see how a simple
mind would arrive at the conclu-
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sion that the pains of childbirth
can be relieved by untying a LOT
Of knots.
No doubt, the idea of healing
paralysis by having the person lie
on the straw where a donkey had
slept is because the person with
paralysis seems as incapable as the
animal credited with being the most
stupid of beasts.
Ones beliefs depend on the en-
vironment in which he grows, the
thoughts and beliefs Of those about
him, the amount of education, anc
the ability Of the mind itself tc
reason.
The simplest type of reasoning is
sympathetic reasoning, which makes
people believe that a yellow flower
like dandelion, will cure jaundice
that a red flower or ruby will help
diseases of the blood; that heart
shaped flowers will cure diseases OF
the heart; and that the way tc
get strength is to use the bones
or organs of strong animals.
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SECOND SUB ATTACK

ION June %, 1917, German sub
~ marines attacked for the Sec
ond time transports carrying the
first codtingents of American troops
to France. The first attack occurred
the previous night.
No periscope was visible, but the
unmistakable bubble line, clean
across the bows, put the certainty Of
danger beyond question.
The submarine was in front in
stead Of in the deadliest position on
the flank toward the rear.
Like flash, one Of the American
destroyers darted between a couple
Of the transports.
AS it sped at nearly forty miles an
hour across the spot where the sub
marine was supposed to be hidden,
the commander of the destroyer
gave orders to fire.
A column Of smoke and foam rose
100 feet in the air. and in the
waterspout that followed it, pieces
Of wood and steel were clearly dis
tinguished.
The attacking submarine obvious
ly had met its doom. None of the
transports was damaged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
M. E. Tracy
SAYS

HooUer's Plan Leaves No
Time for an international
Conference, and That's One
Beauty of 1t.
NEW YORK, June 23-There is
IN one bright side to President
Hooyer's suggestion. 1t leaves no
time for an international confer
ence.
With July 1 less than ten days
ahead, the boys have to speak
right up.
That doesn't mean that they have
been taken by surprise, however.
The problem MIR. Hoover presents
has been with them for ten years.
If they have failed to give it the
proper attention, it is their own
fault, and if they don't know the
answer now, the chances are they
never will.
1t was beautiful dream that we
could lick Germany and then let
her pay the bill.
About al we have been doing
since 1919 is trying not to wake up
and spoil it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
We Keep on Lying

L J. KELLY thinks he knows why
Il. children lie.
It is because they are ignorant,
he says, lack experience. don't I'M
derstand the forces back of it all,
and consequently find themselves
dwelling in a world of rnake-believe.
Not pausing to argue over the
possibility of simpler explanation
for some Of the fibbing, why does
the habit survive in those of us
who are supposed to have grown
wise?
Certainly, children can not be
blamed for some Of the tall story
telling that went with the war fever
or some of the still taller variety
by which our most brilliant minds
have tried to sustain the resultant
peace struggle
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
Another Legal Joke

GPEAKING Of capital punishment,
~ the United States circuit court
of appeals in Chicago has ruled that
it is not an accident.
The case grew out Of the execu-
ton of Harry H. Diamond, who
carried a $4,000 policy with the
New York Life Insurance Company
which provided for double indem-
nifty in case of accidental death.
His father commended that execu-
ton answered this requirement.. and
demanded $4,000.
Any street corner crowd could
have decided the issue in five min
utes, but it took our court system
many months.
That is one reason why people
fail to respect the court system and
the law back Of it as they should
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
It's a Business Now

XXTAR has become rather bust
w ness-like when you come to
think of it.
There isn't much craftsmanship
or romance in firing a 12-inch gun
at an enemy you can't even see, or
turning loose a thousand acres of
mustard gas.
Not that personal contact makes
murder noble avocation, but that
the opportunity for fame and
prestige lent it an element of
romance, albeit a false and specious
one.
War, however, is no exception to
the general rule in this respect.
Life, as arranged by scientific and
mechanical progress, is becoming
dangerously impersonal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
Questions and
Answers

Does a narrative necessarily have
plot?
Narrative is defined as an or
derly continuous account of the
successive particulars Of an event or
transaction, or Of series of events
It may or may not have a plot. His
tory and biography are narratives
without plot.
Did Senator Robert La Toilette
Jr. ever serve in the United States
house of representatives?
No. Prior TO his fathers death
he was the elder Senator La Fol
lette's secretary, and was elected tc
the senate to succeed him.
Is Zane Grey married? How old
is he? What is his address?
He is married to Lima Elise Roth
and is Sc years old. His address Is
Altadena, Cal:
In how many directions could a
person face while standing at the
south pole?
Only one-north.
Define the mathematical term
variable?
1t is a quantity to which an un-
limited number of values can be as
signed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
Directive Force

DR. LEVENE recently was award
- ed the William Gibbs medal.
the highest award in the realm Of
American chemistry. The medal is
named after Gibbs, who was one of
the greatest chemists and math-
maticians the world ever produced.
DR.. Levene is interested in that
borderline science, biochemistry, the
science which deals with the
phenomena where biology and
chemistry meet.
DR.. Levene has been attacking
the problems of biology from the
standpoint of chemistry. He looks
upon living organism as a chemical
machine and turns to the laws of
chemistry to explain its behavior
One of the great arguments Of the
vitalists has been the fact that
living organisms possessed a certain
directive action which caused
certain chemical reactions to pro-
coed now in one direction and now
in another.
But now the chemist has learned
to duplicate this directive action in
the laboratory. AS DR.. Levene says:
by selecting suitable media, the
chemist has learned to direct a re-
action in a desired sense when two
substances may interact in several
different ways.
And so one of the most character
iStic peculiarities of living matter.
the directive force, has been
initiated in the laboratory.
1T is not important that as yet
this phase of our knowledge is
limited. The significant thing is the
formulation of the problem. It's
solution is a matter of routine. a
matter Of the ordinary ingenuity of
the human mind"
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flculty in keeping her face straight
as she played the game Of acting
out the role assigned to her by male
tradition.
She took her revenge in subtle
ways. The English language is filled
with words which have a sardonic
clink. Thus the poor, pursued, and
captured man has been allowed to
speak of his adventures with
women as "conquests."
Don Juan was wont to say that
such a one had yielded" to him.
And the smoker which rose behind
protecting fans was so well modu-
lated and contained that he never
knew the richness of his uncon-
scious jest.
Copyright, 1881. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
No Sentiment in War

Z TNCLE DAM BEARD of Boy
" Scout fame celebrates his
81st birthday not only by placing
wreath on Daniel Boone's monu-
ment, but by lanbasting the Reds
for calling the Boy Scouts mil
itary organization.
BY way Of good measure, he losses
in the remark that, Personally,
I consider war as we know it to-
day, darn fool thing"
There is no sentiment to it." he
says, when you NOW people down
scientifically, as there was in the
days of Wild Bill Hickok and Billy
the Kid"
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to fulfill the features of the female
portrait created by men.
Perhaps they have been just a
little touched by the simple naivette
Of the masculine mind in its Specu-
lations upon the nature of women.
But by now the game is almost up.
The emancipated woman is get
ting tired of the masquerade and
is just about ready to refuse to play
any more. She is beginning to be
herself. And the result, frankly,
is little terrifying.
Even the old-fashioned woman
must have had a good deal of diff
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
IT SEEMS TO ME BY HR Ry922S

IN many states the problem of
4 women jurors is current matter
of contention, and some view the
prospect with alarm. Even the men
who said that perhaps suffrage was
a reasonable concession are of the
opinion that it is dangerous to leave
matters of life and death to the
judgment of women.
The male community seems to
fear that the new jurors would be
too lenient. Moreover, the argument
has been raised now and again that
certain sorts Of testimony might be
so shocking that it would be mon
strous to have women hear it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
Overlook Auto Deaths

MTE forgive many things in the
w name of machinery. Having
waged successful campaign
against tuberculosis, we now are
starting a drive against cancer, but
the 10000 killed by automobiles
each year appeal to us as of no
great consequence.
Pretending to be Mortified when
ever a criminal is hanged or cleo
trocuted, We take the stupendous
blood sacrifice offered on the affairs
OF mechanical industry with indif-
ference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ.

Nea0 Discovery Is Significant
IN Conflict Between Mech
anists and VitaIists.
THE work Of DR.. Phoebus A. Lee
I vene Of the Rockefeller insti-
tute for medical research OF New
York we'll may turn out TO be one
OF the most significant items bear
ing upon the battle between vital
lists and mechanists.
The mechanists, whose chief pop-
uar champion has been Clarence
Darrow, hold that man is a ma
chine" Most biologists have been
mechanistS in their work. whether
they we're such in their philosophy
or not.
The point is that the biologist
working in his laboratory, must as
sumo that the phenomena which he
is studying are all to be explained
by the laws OF nature, Chiefly the
laws Of physics and chemistry. If
he makes any other assumption
there is no rational basis for him to
carry on his work.
But there are many thinkers who
are vitalists. They claim that there
is something in life which is above
and beyond the ordinary laws of
chemistry and physics.
They claim that the phenomena
Of life shows certain tendencies
which, for want of a better name.
they term "vitalistic."
DR.. Levene's work. for the mo-
ment, seems to give added strength
to the schools of mechanists. In
judging it, one must not be too
hasty He has not proved that
man is a machine"
But DR.. Levene apparently has
robbed the vitalists Of one Of their
chief arguments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
The Hard Boiled Sex


HERE in New York the smart
L L and cynical comedy draws a
far greater support from women
than the play of lush sentiment.
1t is sometimes said that ribaldry
is a peculiarly masculine quality.
I remember that Mary Austin
once developed a theory that men
could take any witticisms pertain
ing to sex with a light heart. And
she believed that this was an atti-
tude impossible to women. Accord
ing to her reasoning, sex denotes
in the minds Of women response
bility and suffering.
I believe Mrs. Austin's premise is
incorrect and her logic faulty. The
very fact that sex represents, bio
logically speaking, threat to the
safety Of the female would impel
her to defend herself from fears by
the creation of merriment and
mockery.
Practically all the jokes in the
world are tunes to be whistled while
passing a graveyard. It is not with
out significance that so many quips
exist about death, undertakers, and
damnation.
Most of the qualities popularity
ascribed to women represent the
wish and desire of the male COM
munity. Man likes to think that
women are naturally modest and
shrinking, because if it were only so
this would be much safer world
for him to live in.
BY dint of great straining through
the centuries, men have managed
to put over temporarily some Of
their concepts. Women have been
argued into making a sincere effort
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
Some More Dreaming

Z VEN now, a good many people
IL seem to think that after a
year of suspended payments we can
go back and dream it all over again.
French statesmen want to know
who will guarantee that Germany
will resume payments; American
statesmen hasten to deny that they
have cancellation in mind; Russian
statesmen poo-pooh the thing as
an empty gesture, and only British
statesmen have sense enough to
indorse it without superhuous
qualification.
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Peoples Voice

Editor Times-Last February you
had an article in the Voice of the
People about 4 per cent for utili-
ties, which suggested that the tax
payers association circulate petitions
and get the question on the next
ballot Shall public utilities be
limited to 4 per cent return
The public has no votes in the
legislature or service commission.
You saw how the last legislature
was controlled by the utilities and
how Insults representative sat in
the Governors Office and had bills
signed SO they could not be re-
considered. He did not get these
results by cigars and meals.
Now we have the same group
schening to control public opinion
the same as the legislature. They
put out stock at high rate of in
terest when all other agencies are
reducing them. They will see that
this stock is spread out as much as
possible, so if they have to face
test of lower rates they can
raise cry Of cheating the widows
and orphans and have hundreds
of people to back them up because
they have 6 per cent stock.
In this way the millions they
take away from the public by ex-
cess valuations and guarantees
would not be heard Of.
Does any one think the insult
interests need money for improve
ments? They have more now than
they can use. That is why they
want control Of all public utilities,
so they can get a higher rate of
return than any other business
would give.
1t is a shame we don't have one
individual society, or one as
ISOLATION big enough and fearless
enough to work for the common
good of all the people by leading
a fight against such legalized graft.
JOHN HOLLOWAY,
Editor Times = Upon awarding
contracts for public improvements
in the city Of Marion, Ind, Mayor
Jack Edwards made it plain to the
contractors that they must employ
Marion labor for this work.
Mr.. State and County Officials,
should you use your influence as
Mayor Edwards has, in supporting
your community or the community
in which public work is being done,
you would be doing a great deed for
the unemployed. and also the bust
ness men of the community in
which the work is done. And should
you support your business man and
laboring man in this crisis, you may
rest assured that they in turn will
support you in our next election,
regardless Of politics.
A LABORING NAN.