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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
ANA-ZA AOO4 lands

TNHE papers say that former King Alfonso of Spain
4 now is going by the name of Mr.. Bourbon.
With this name. Alfonso would be able to come
to the United States and make whirlwind campaign
for Office as wet candidate.
Every once in while something fine floats I'D
from the common people which gives you fresh cour-
age and faith in the race.
Here's something from the family of the bow
President Hoover recently entertained, the boy who
played the hero when that school hack was caught
in the blizzard some weeks ago.
Tt seems a vaudeville outfit offered the boy big
sum to sell the publicity the President gave him.
1T was more money than this boys folks ever saw
and they could have used it, for they are poor.
But they put their foot down upon the proposition
to cash in the honor the President conferred upon
him.
There's real herolsm in that
And this sense Of honor is but an index to lot
OF it that be found in the home life of millions
OF people who never get their names into the news
papers.
And this sterling character is the real backbone OF
the United States
Here's something about Gilbert K Chesterton, the
English writer which makes the average American
feei like reaching for a club.
Chesterton you know. has been in this country,
delivering lot of lectures, and just has returned
TO England.
XXTELL, ne made a speech in London the other
w night and informed his friends that return
ing from the United States was like returning from
another civiIlzaton-or barbarisna"
It's pretty raw to hand that to the people who
have just paid to hear you talkl
q
Chesterton should remember that if it had not
been for this land of "barbaris-" during the World
war he and his British brethren would be goose
stepping before the kaiser.
Personally vev wish if might "a rCad
terton to do q little of it.
The most aggravating human being in this world
is the smart Aleck English author and John Bull
should paddock or better still, keep him at home.
chesterton should not be invited back to America
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
We Kill More

Despite all talk about the sanctity of human
life. our crusades against deadly diseases and our
agitation against war; race madly on, killing more
and more thousands each year in automobile acct
dents
Last year motor cars killed 32500 That was a
500 per cent increase in decade. To be sure there
was a similar increase in the number of cars in
operation But this Offset by the large increase
in the number and widening of roads, not to mention
better road marking
1t appears that the public, both as driver ard
pedestrian. has grown so accustomed to accidents
that it no longer responds to the old appeals for
caution
Some better method will have to be devised to
educate the public
In this connection, figures just made public by
the motor commissioner of Connecticut show what
can be done. While motor fatalities in the nation
as a whole increased than 10 per cent in 1890
Connecticut achieved decrease Of 10 per cent Even
more heartenng its record in reducing the kill
ing Of children about 40 per cent The reduction
in automobile accidents of all kinds % per cent
This has been brought about through the full CO.
operation given state authorities by municipal Of
dcials private organizations. automobile clubs and
school teachers.
In lamenting that the death rate still is terribly
high the Connecticut commissioner stresses the IA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
Revolt in Spain

Violence escaped by Spain in its recent peaceful
republican revolution is sweeping the country
Martial law has been proclaimed to cope with riots
directed against Catholic institutions and monarch
ist newspapers
This violence is not unexpected Soon or late
every revolution uses it.
In this case revival Of revolutionary action ap-
parently has been precipitated by failure of the
republican government to keep It's promises. The
who overthrow Alfonso revolted against more
than the monarchy. They striking at the militia
church-land dictatorship behind the monarchy
AS he pointed out at the time, the success or
permanence Of the present republican regime will
depend on its ability to free itself of that military
church-land control
Since the first days OF the revolution the new gov
eminent seems to have been going backward rather
than forward
1t has allowed the storing of and other sub
versve activities by onarchistS
1t has modified its original position regarding
separation Of church and state, and has allowed
prominent churchmen to undermine the republic 1t
has postponed fundamental land reform and the
breaking up Of vast unused estates.
It has turned machine guns on labor unions
All Of which is the road to revolution.
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ward the Soviet government was
distinctly friendly. But he con-
fessed meeting certain difficulties.
"a lot Of workers in our place. .
he said, "come to us directly from
the farms. They have never seen
big industrial plant or any Of the
wonders Of modern machinery.
part Of our job was slicing big
steel plates into the necessary forms
and sections. These farm kids would
smash against the plates with their
fists and get a notion Of the tough
ness Of the stuff and then watch a
great knifelike blade in the plant
come slowly down and slice the
steel as easily as if it were SO much
cheese.
Many of them couldn't believe it..
They felt that there was some sort
OF trickery or American sleight-of-
hand in the process. They had to
know. They had to prove it for
themselves. And as a result we lose
six or seven fingers every week"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
IT SEEMS TO ME BY H EE99S

TN one respect the life of a COL
l. unnnist is trying. There is nc
possible way to suit the taste of all
your clients.
Even though the number OF
readers may be small, disagreement
is inevitable. The same column
which brings out protests that I
have become too sour and too vi
cious in ATTACKING some public
figure also will arouse a certain
number of letters complaining that
the tone has been much too mild
and that I ought to swing my
right and not be content with left
hand jabs.
And, of course, a frivolous column
incites replies that no newspaper
man should engage in banter with
so many serious subjects for his pen
lying all about.
But if I turn moralistic on this
invitation I run into the ranks OF
those who object that it bores them
to read comment on politics or other
social problems.
There is only one way out. Anc
purpose from now on to follow
that more vigorously than I have
done in the past.
A good rule is to try to get few
words down every afternoon which
have the justification of being pre-
cisely what you yourself want tt
say, or as near that goal as you car
manage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
Wanting to Know

THERE is to me something heroic
Il in this story. I am moved to an
admiration for all self-sacrificing
skeptics. I never have agreed with
the popular conception that a skep-
tic is by nature q cynic.
On the contrary, he is the hope
full one who seeks always to inquire
and prove for himself and others
that life has possibilities not yet
realized by those who seek the easy
path Of acceptance and conformity
But I do feel that part of the
truly religious fervor which Russia
has given to the worship of the ma
chine arises from the fact that in
dustrialism is SO very new in that
country.
Any well-knit and carefully or
ganized factory must be exciting al
first glance. But people who have
lived with machines and been
around them for years find dynamos
dull gods and subject to error and
fraility.
After all, there never has been
made any sort Of mechanical con-
traption which did not owe it's Gre
alton and its continuance to the
hands Of man.
Copyright. 1881. By The Tiunes)
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ter go to some country which has
a Communistic form Of government.
because he never will realize his
ambition in this neck Of the woods.
Some people may smile knowingly
when they read the above state
ment, but right here and now I
make the prophecy that the present
Christian civilization and the vari-
Gus nations who uphold and main
tain Christian standards will re-
main long after the atheistic gov
eminent of Russia is a dismal
nightmare.
Communism. without atheism
contains much that is good, but
when the leaders Of the Communist
party denied God, it DESTROYED it.
self. If you don't believe that state.
nent, wait and see for yourself.
predict that the present gov
eminent Of Russia will be over
thrown in less than ten years. Keer
your eyes on Russia and sea the
power Of God manifested. watch
and pray, lest ye enter into tempta-
ton E. z. MADDOX.
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/ sensitivity before making too much
Of an exposure.
Dryness of the hair is due to lack
Of oil secreted by the glands OF the
scalp. Sometimes the difficulty is
due to lack of proper activity by
the thyroid gland, which is associat-
ed with drynesS Of the hair.
Under such circumstances it is
desirable to have an investigation
of the glandular condition by COM
petent physician, who will be able
to determine as to whether the thy
roid gland is functioning properly.
When the body in general is in
i'll health the hair is likely to be
i'll also. Falling Of the hair after a
serious Illness is common.
When the body begins to improve
and its hygiene to reach an opti-
mum state the hair will return.
In case of hereditary badness,
the hair tends to fall out promptly
and in localized areas, indeed, ac-
cording to a definite pattern, and it
is not possible, so far as is now
known, to prevent loss of hair in
such cases.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
SCIENCE
1t Is Surprising That So Lit
tie Knowledge as We Have
Can Give Us So Much
Power.
BY DAVID DIETZ-

WE know very little, and yet II
w is astonishing that we know
so much, and still more astonishing
that so little knowledge can give uS
so much power"
This sentence, from the writings
of Bertrand Russell, occurs to me
at the close of the annual spring
scientific meetings in Philadelphia
and Washington. It sums up so ad-
nirably the situation
Americas leading scientists as
sembled first at Philadelphia for the
annual meeting Of the American
Philosophical Society, Americas
Oldest scientific society, founded by
Benjamin Franklin before the sign
ing of the Declaration Of Independ-
ence. The opening session was de-
voted TO symposium on This
Changing World"
In the symposium, a group OF
Americas leading scientists, DR..
William NJ. Wheeler. DR.. Arthur H.
Compton, DR.. Willis R. Whitney,
and others, undertook to chart the
past accomplishments and future
hopes OF the world Of science.
From Philadelphia, the scientists
moved on to Washington for the
meeting Of the National Academy of
Science. The academy meeting was
followed by others OF more special
lied societies, such as the Geophysi-
cal Union,
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Times Readers Voice Their Views

Editor Times:In your recent ed
itorial entitled Dangerous Prece-
dents" you seem to be censuring
the United States government for
suppresSing Communist and An
archist publications and to take the
attitude that such policy is a
threat to all publishers in this coun-
try.
Now, in my opinion, such a policy
is not threat toward any patriotic
and truly American publication, but
deals only with those publications
owned and controlled by enemies Of
this government.
Surely the editor of The Times
knows by this time that Uncle Sam
IS waking up to the fact that every
Communist is a potential enemy,
and even a friend Of Communism
ought to realize that the Constitu-
ton Of the United States was not
written to defend the enemies Of
this nation, but for the protection Of
Of our loyal citizens.
Can an organization which has
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er-in-chief of the French armies
operating on the French front.
General Foch succeeded Petain as
chief Of staff Of the ministry Of
war.
General Petain, in a. statement
on the day Of his appointment
urged America to send as MANY
men as possible as soon as they
could be transported to France. to
be put into immediate training
under French commanders, but to
maintain their autonomy as Amer
lean units
This day in the World war also
commentaries the capture Of
Bullecourt by the British in the
Arras district, and the British
commandment Of Zeebrugge, the
German submarine base on the
Belgian coast.
In the Arras district, the British
captured many prisoners and greatly
improved their position.
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hair thoroughly and to dry it slowly
rather than by a hot blower.
If the hair is too dry, a small
amount Of oil may be rubbed into
1t after drying. DR.. Hazen empha-
sizes again the folly of smuggling the
hair, because the hair is not a hol-
low tube and singing it does not
prevent the escape Of vital sub
stances.
One of the difficult problems of
modern life is the attempt to keep
gray hair from visibility. Employ
ers hesitate to select gray-haired
men and women for fear that they
may be too old for the occupation.
A philosopher, asked as to what
he would do with white hair, an
swered admire it." However, that
does not answer the psychologist and
economic question. It is possible to
dye hair, but the dyeing process
may involve the use of ingredients
which are harmful to the skin, par
ticularly in people who are sensitive
to paraphenyleridian1ine.
A careful hairdresser will ascer-
tain the presence or absence of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
A Doubtful Triumph

NNLY by comparing it with the
~ futile laundering of fifteen or
twenty years can the indictment of
Jack LEGS" Diamond be regarded
as a triumph of the forces Of law
and order.
Remembering that he has been
hailed into court a score of times,
without coming out much the worse
for wear, it may not be even that.
The essence Of the problem which
he and his kind symbolic was re-
vealed clearly by the fact that at
the very moment the state of New
York was polishing up its case
against him and making grand
preparations for a long struggle,
four men were ''put on the spot" by
New York racketeers.
It requires no great degree of
imagination to understand why
people fear the law of the under
world more than that of the upper,
why the gang can command
perjured testimony while the state
finds it hard to get a little bit of
truth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
Using Sunlight

HTNHE biggest revolution in human
l. habits that the world ever has
seen will come when science learns
to utilize the waste energy of sun
light.
Today, upon every square yard Of
the earth's surface upon which sum
light falls, energy amounting to two
thirds Of horse power, is going to
waste each second. --.---
Attempts have been made to
utilize the energy of sunlight. A few
years ago, DR.. G. G. Abbot of the
Smithsonian Institution, built a
solar cooker at the Mt. Wilson OBJ
Servatory.
1t consisted Of curved mirror
which concentrated sunlight upon a
pipe containing oil. The hot oil
flowed into a reservoir which sur
rounded an oven. The oven became
sufficiently hot to bake bread.
Other attempts have been made
to use mirrors to concentrate sun
light upon a boiler, which in turn
generated steam to run a steam
engine.
Another way to use sunlight is the
way plants do it. They use the
energy of sunlight to bring about
chemical changes, converting the
carbon dioXide of the air and the
water of the soil into sugars and
starches with the aid of the energy
Of sunlight.
Man would be freed from the
cycle of the soil If he could man
ufacture his own food directly, in
stead Of depending upon plants to
do it for him.
Most hopeful of all the recent ex-
periments is in Germany seeking to
use the energy of sunlight to charge
electric storage batteries. If that
problem is solved, every man will be
able to have his own electric power
plant on the roof of his house.
Power then will be as cheap as air
and in that day the world will be-
new kind of world.
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denounced the Constitution and
sworn to overthrow our government
justly claim any privileges or i'm
munities from that government?
You say it is time for the re-
spectacle and powerful press to op-
pose the postofnce department be-
cause it is trying to suppress these
dangerous and vicious enemies of
this nation, but I believe that any
really respectable and loyal Amer
lean newspaper publisher will get
behind this effort Of Uncle Sam and
help him to ferret out and expose
and suppress those organizations
and publications inimical to our
peace and welfare.
The time is coming when there
is going to be a showdown between
friends of constitutional govern
ment and foes. Uncle Sam is not
color blind and the people Of the
United States like the color of a
red flag about like an tnfuriated
bull does.
Any man who wishes to enjoy the
benefits Of Communism would bet
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Nv Best Friend
TVHIs isn't so easy. There

TTNHIS isn't so easy. There are
Z sterner critics. But I am quite
frequently dissatisfied with my own
columns. I have bored myself often.
Sometimes I do get enthusiastic
about a Broun piece.
In recent months there has been
a considerable difference of opin-
ion concerning columns written
around and against James Joseph
Walker. Some of the comments
have been resentful. Some have
merely expressed an indifference.
And q few have liked the bulk OF
these articles.
side with the few. It has been
the work I admired the most The
only apology which I would offer
comes out Of my misgiving that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
CoIoring Niagara

DATRIOTIC Americans, as well
L as patriotic Canadians, will be
shocked to learn that the colored
illumination Of Niagara Falls is not
pleasing in the eyes Of their royal
highness, Prince Takamatsu and
Princess Kikuko Of Japan.
Maybe, if they had lived beside
the falls as long as some people
have, or visited them as many times,
they, too, would see something be-
sides gaudiness in changing the
grand splash from white to yellow,
yellow to red, red to green and
SO on.
It isn't case of horseplay or
advertising, but just one more illus
tration Of the law of diminishing
returns, coupled with the rather
new ability to color powerful lights.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
On InSanity'S Border

VXTHILE blessing out Europeans
w in general and Englishmen
in particular for their bullying, I'M
appreciative attitude toward his art,
Charlie Chaplin takes occasion to
remark that patriotism is "the
greatest insanity the world ever has
suffered"
That IS not true, Of course, except
as all forms Of mass emotionalism
border on insanity when carried to
excess.
The same element Of crowd psy-
chology which often carries revolu-
ton out of bounds can make pa
triotism a narrow, ruthless creed.
In Yugo-Slavia, for instance, 1t
is patriotic right now to honor the
student who started the World war
by killing Archduke Francis Ferdi-
nand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12

The Trouble With Revolution
Is That You Never KnoO
Where 1t WI Stop.

II IOTNG in Madrid, with rad
N icals OF rowdies burning Cath
ole institutions and making hostile
demonstrations against the clergy is
a very unhappy start for the new
republic.
The trouble with revolution Is
that you never can tel where it
will stop.
It was farthest from Francisco
Madero's thought to let his coun-
try in for fifteen years OF chaos
when he started out TO reform her
politics, but that was the result.
China went republican twenty
years ago, but the turmoil continues
and she may go red before it's over.
One of the allied war aims was
to stir up revolution in Germany,
but they got it in Russia, first and
it went to much greater extent than
they had in mind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
Aid for the WidoWer

NEW HAMPSHIRE has a IA
i Y theirs aid law by which county
officials can use state funds to con-
sole, assist and encourage the head
Of motherless household.
They even may hire woman to
I'LL in the breach.
About the only thing they can't
do is find him another wife.
AS a mere novitiate in the new
social philosophy, I often have won
dered whether a government matri-
monial bureau wouldn't work better
than some Of the schemes we are
devising for the benefit of widows
and widowers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
Russia Is Trying

THE trial of nine Russian execu-
4 tives for ignoring plans and
recommendations made by Aneri-
can engineers throws vivid light on
one aspect Of the Soviet regime.
Underneath all the political bal
derdash, honest efforts obviously
are being made for industrial i'm
provement.
Equally obvious is the handicap
Of the buck-passing, shiftless atti-
tude which goes with state-con-
trolled business.
Russia experiences little difficulty
in getting technical experts, but she
is having the devils own time get
ting her conScript workers to follow
their advice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
Know Your Bees

MIGHT life certainly has caused
" a profound change, when
bees keep neighbors awake, as was
brought out in a Brooklyn case
Monday.
Neighbors of Miss Anna Won Lehn
complain that her bees not only
stung them with terrifying impair
TALLY, but kept them awake by
buzzing.
Her father explained that the
bees were friendly to those "who
knew them"
That's the difficulty" said Magis-
trate Folwell, who seemed to think
that the neighbors were not on suf-
flciently good terms with the bees
for their own safety, and ordered
the hive removed.
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About the Future


a LII the proceedings bear out
1 n RuSSellS observation The
announcements were for the most
part quite remarkable and show
that man is making great progress
in the understanding Of nature
and her forces.
But they also leave us with the
feeling that there is very, very
much mora to be learned than we
now know. And finally, as Russell
says, it is surprising that so little
knowledge gives us so much power.
Since the eminent members Of
the American Philosophical Soci-
ETY. set the example by specializing
upon the future, I am going to in
dulge in the same paStime.
Max Beerbohm once pointed out
that each century makes the mis-
take of suppoSing that the next
century will be merely an enlarged
and aggravated picture of itself.
But each century has always sue
ceeded in developing definite char
acteristics Of its own.
1t is my feeling, therefore, that
prophets who see merely an ex-
aggerated twentieth century ahead
of us, are prophets without sufh-
cient courage and imagination. And
after all, why not be a bold prophet
while you are at it2
For this reason, pictures of bigger
and bigger cities, with ever -increas-
ing traffic jams, tiers of sidewalks.
layers Of subways, and so on, make
no appeal to me.
My own guess is that cities will
not grow much larger than they
are now
Tt seems reasonable to believe that
cities Of the future will be merely
business centers. Nobody will live
in them or raise families in them.