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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02
Paving the Fiddler

There has been much talk of late regarding the
greatly increased costs of the federal government.
Almost historical comment has announced the falling
off Of receipts from taxation and other sources.
great deficit stares us in the face Hoover and de-
partment chiefs have gone into a hudde to devise
ways for reducing the budget for next year
We now are payng-and have been paying for
more than decade-the price exacted for our folly
in entering the World war Our enormously greater
budget today is chiefly due to the stupendous debts
placed on the shoulders of Uncle Sam by our entry
into the Great Crusade Total expenditures of our
federal government in 1916 less than the deficit
Of 1881
In 1916 total expenditures of the central govern
ment amounted to only $7S3O562O2 For the fiscal
1sSo.31, they are $4435O29OOO The deficit for
the current year is SSO9677181, nearly 100000 600
more than the total expenditures for 1916
Without apology to Messrs Hoover Mellon and
company, 1t is unfair to blame them for our present
fiscal mess, except in so far as these men beloved
for war in 1916 and 1917
If want to get out and vent our spleen OF
anybody account of our national fiscal problems
today, then we must seek out the Anglomaniacs
Francophiles Germanopho5es, bankers and munition
manufacturers who from honest conviction or private
interests pushed the United States over the brink
into world carnage in 1917.
certainly the democrats logically are eStoppeG
from making wry faces at the Great Engineer and the
Republicans for it was Democratic administration
which collapsed before the war camor after having
been returned to power on a peace referendum.
Now great expenditures sometimes may bring
comparable benefits Gigantic costs may be justified
by colossal results The non-financial results of the
World war to the United States certainly were
colossal, but for the most part they have been q
colossal disadvantage to our country.
The war to end war" has proved huge travesty
There have been wars and of worse wars ever
since Nov. II, 1918. Armaments have not been re-
duced The nations Of the world are spending more
today than in 1914 for the instruments of mass
murder
The mythical German military dictatorship OF
1914, when the German army was smaller than the
French army alone, has been replaced by the real
military dominion Of France. The military strength
Of the latter and her allies out-tops that of her
former enemies by forty to one
We have received gratitude from our former
allies for our huge expenditures OF money and men
In their behalf Rather we have obtained nothing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02

He and the Rev. Father Coughlin
hardly could with due scrutiny and
sincerity set Socialist opponents in
those ranks. The Communists them
selves would dissent.
The mayor may be surprised to
find that he gets hardly a quarter
as much abuse from the Communist
daily organ as is visited on Nor
man Thomas.
I say, that before We build more
tall towers, we tear down some ram
shackle slums. I say, that it is the
bounden and imperative duty of the
greater city to break the breadlines.
I say, that in the richest city in
the world no child should go hungry
or lack the chance to play within
some bit Of green.
I say, that when the sick forget to
weep and the poor to mourn, it will
be time enough to talk of the mu-
nfcipality which has won the adj
miration Of the world"
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case that even though he studied
law he eventually had to follow his
bent.
Training is a great help to genius,
but a genius is not greatly influ-
enced by training.
In study of 1000 children in
California it was found that ability
in arithmetic changed less than
almost any other ability tested.
The ability to spell correctly fol-
lowed closely thereafter. Approx
mately 9 per cent of adult differ
ences in the ability to do arithme-
tic and to spell could be ascribed to
the original nature of the person
concerned; by the time people had
reached adult age, modification Of
only 3 per cent had occurred due to
experience and training.
Poponoe is convinced that spell
ing ability is as much determined
by heredity as any ordinary mental
talents.
Children either spell well or badly,
and his statistics indicate that there
is little or no relations between
spelling ability and various methods
of instruction, school surroundings
or even foreign parentage.
Among college students it has not
been found that spelling ability is
associoted closely with general in
telligence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-A few days ago the
newspapers quoted an evangelist
in the employ Of the Anti-Saloon
League substantially as follows: I'VE
will maintain prohibition even if it.
is necessary to dye the land red with
blood"
This utterance was made in
house Of worship. It's import is
clearly to incite the commission Of
murder. Ample time has ELAPSED
for disavowal Of this statement by
members Of the Anti Saloon League
and the members Of the church in
which the statement was made.
but so far as know none has been
Forthcoming.
Are We, therefore, to assume that
this utterance has the approval Of
those sponsoring the cause Of pro-
hibition?
Prohibition already has caused
more bloodshed than liquor did in
the worst days Of the licensed traf-
nc. Gang wars and killings bv en-
forcement agents have been so fire.
quent as to have become common
place.
1t would occur to me that this
ought TO satisfy the most blood
thirsty, and that the suggestion to
commit further bloody acts of vio-
lence Is quite unnecessary.
LEO II. RAPPAPORT.
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BATTLE OF ARRAS
May 2

ON May 2, 1917, the British and
~ Scottish troops made impress
sive gains in the Battle of Arras
after a week Of hard fighting.
Two hundred prisoners were
taken in the first forward sweep,
when the Scots advanced in long
lines and went through and beyond
the village of Guemappe with loud
shouts and cheers.
Philip Gibbs, war correspondent,
wrote:
For nearly three hours the Scots
were held up by the fire of German
machine guns and artillery, and
suffered many casualties, but they
fought on, each with separate initia-
tive, and it is to their great honor
as soldiers that they destroyed every
machine-gun post in front Of them.
Then between IL and II in the
morning, the enemy developed his
first counter-attack. He massed
great numbers Of men in the valley
below Guemappe, flung a great
storm of shell on to the village and
then sent forward his troops to work
around it.
ct was then that the Scottish
troops showed their fierce and
stubborn fighting spirit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02
Merely a News Note

THAT'S too general, you say. All
L right. let's 60 back to an in
cident recently reported in the
newspapers. A mother took a sick
child to a public hospital. The
doctor wrote out a prescription. The
mother said she had no money. The
doctor tore up the prescription and
gave her some advice on what sort
Of food the child should eat. The
mother took the child home and
turned on the gas.
As long as such things are, I viii
not rap my forehead on the floor
in honor of Imperial New York and
its regal ruler=.
Since when did it become an Of
Tense to stand up and say, this
city, for all its glories, isn't good
enough?"
Not since the armistice was signed
has any New York mayor availed
himself Of the easy out of raising up
against his critics the herring howl
Of "Bolshevist."
It is well known that James
Joseph Walker does not follow pub
lie affairs SO very closely, but
as one highness to another
Mr.. Curry might break the news
and say, Jimmy, I think you ought
to know the war is over"
lCopyrtKht. 1881. By The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02
Least Is Best
THOMAS JEFFERSON declared

THOMAS JEFFERSON declared
L that, other things being equal,
the least government was the best.
Now anything that restraints or
determines popular action is govern
ment, whether ordained by law or
not, and if the least is best in one
form it is best in all forms.
Up to this point America has been
dominated by nothing so distinctly
as a desire for bigness.
We have massed money. Just as
we have massed brick and steel, and
we have massed men to match both.
We have called it efficiency, but in
many instances the overhead Gre
ated by too much organization has
more than absorbed the saving made
possible by machinery, while the
loss of personal initiative and craft
pride has done irreparable damage
to our social and intellectual out
look.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02
M. E. Tracy
PolCer Is Passing out of the
Hands Of the Many Into the
Hands Of the Fen.
SAYS.

NEW YORK, May 2.-women
IN can not serve as jurors in Illi-
nois. The law giving them the
right to do so was passed by popu-
lar vote, not by the legislature.
That, according to the state SUI
preme court, makes it unconstitu-
tional.
Those who have been arguing that
the eighteenth amendment was not
properly adopted because the people
were not allowed to vote on it in a
majority of states should be inter
ested in this decision. So should
every one, for that matter, Who be-
lieves that popular opinion is an
important factor in law making.
From a technical standpoint, the
Illinois legislature improperly may
have delegated its power in asking
the people to decide whether they
wanted law making women eligi-
BILE as jurors, but from the stand
point Of common sense, it did the
right thing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02
BY DIR. MORRIS FTsHBEIN

By DIX. NORRIS EISHBEIN
Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygcia. the Health
Magazine.
IN a recent consideration of the
4 practical application of heredity,
Paul Popenoe discusses particularly
the question of the infant prodigy.
He mentions the mathematical
genius who, at the age of years,
can multiply six figures by six fig
ures and announce results; of the
children who do calculus at the
age of II; Of phenomenal memories
capable of giving populations of
cities, statistics concerning noun
tainS, rivers and inventions.
A Norwegian student learned 408
figures in 104 minutes, and there
are people who have been able to
remember 1000 words after one
reading.
1t is obvious that such perform
ances require not only system, but
also some. special gift in the form
Of unusual brain development.
Popenoe concludes as a result of
his consideration that such mathe-
NAUTICAL talent runs in families,
mentioning a French family which
produced eight outstanding mathe-
maticians in three generations.
In the same way, lack of mathe-
NAUTICAL ability runs in families. Thus
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02
There's a Difference

MACHINERY is supposed to be
IVA the force driving us toward
the one big corporation. idea,
whether through public or private
control.
There is a deal OF difference,
however, between machinery and
mechanism, between the unit of
efficiency which science DEGREES and
The endless combination Of such
units as greed would impose.
Building the most economical cot
ton mill is one thing, but conbin-
ing fifteen or twenty such mills un-
der one head, is quite another.
It is possible to admit that a
certain-sized group of grocery stores
is necessary for effective buying,
and still doubt the wisdom Of put
ting fifty or seventy-f1ve such
groups under single management.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02
LANES JOsEPH WALKER seems

JAMES JOSEPH WALKER seems
- to have gone Ham Fish. At a
communion breakfast Sunday he
shouted that the attack on him was
part of a red plot.
He warned newspaper publishers
that if his administration were
swept away, the Communists would
come, land then say to you, that
they will get into the newspaper
offices and they will dictate, Mr..
Publisher, what you are to write"
According to the mayor of the
imperial city," we must choose here
and now between Mr.. Curry and
Mr.. Stain.
But suppose we don't want
either?
It is a pity that he did not COM
plete the cycle and suggest that in
the past it was Croker or Calgula,
Tweed or Tamerlane.
THE Imperial City of New York"
those were the words Of Jimmy
Walker, who has, maybe, mingled
too much with royalty of late. Still
as things stand the phrase is not
amiss. New York is city in which
the sun shines bravely on the tow
ers. But not on our tenements.
It is a town of penthouses and
pesthouses. The tally of our Won
ders includes millions in money
and millions in misery. Most of our
champagne is synthetic and so is
some of our milk.
That line is made up of people
waiting to buy tickets for the first
night of something put on by Mr..
Ziegfeld for $11, including war tax.
The longer queue is composed OF
others waiting to get bowl Of soup.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02
Money Dictates

A S Senator Costigan of Colorado
"A said in his address to the
Texas legislature: 1.-THE time has
arrived for public, not private,
ownership of our government"
Though he made the remark
while discussing economic con-
ditions, it justly could be applied to
most, if not all, our major problems.
Whenever money fails to set up a
dictatorship, system can be de-
pended on to supply the lack.
If it is not board of directors,
it's bureau of experts, and if it
isn't bureau of experts, it's the
reign Of precedent and red tape.
Power, whether as represented by
wealth, work, politics or the racket,
is passing out Of the hands Of the
many and into the hands of the
coxrr
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02
Human Welfare First

EOR the last thirty years, but
= particularly since the war, we
nave conferred our attention on prop
erty rights, professional rights, COM
mercial rights, and every con-
ceivable variety of group rights.
AS a result, we have five or six
million people out of work, while
the number of those with incomes
Of 100000 is about four times as
large as it was in 1920.
At that time, 2 per cent OF the
people controlled so per cent of
the wealth. Now it is controlled by
only 1 per cent.
Senator Costigan is right when
he declares human welfare must
again take first place in our peo-
pies affairs"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02
The Patient teacher

THE fourth picture I recall of
L Lodge was in a lecture hall.
he was the speaker. He was lean
ing against the rost-um and speak
ing in quiet and even. but earnest
voice. 1t was Lodge, the patient
teacher.
I have tried by means of these
pictures to give the reader an in
innate view OF Lodge. His official
record is to be found in many
places.
1t would take half a column OF
type to list his honorary degrees,
his medals, and his memberships in
important scientific societies. He
was one of the great pioneers in
the modern study Of the atom and
of radio.
Marconi usually is termed the
father of radio. There cen be no
quarrel with that, provided th-t We
remember that radio had many
grandfathers. One Of them was
Sir Oliver Lodge
Lodge invented the method of
tuning radio circuits. Accordingly,
If you we're one of that once-nu-
nlerous band Of enthusiasts known
as dial fishers" send your thanks
for pleasant evenings to Sir Oliver.
Lodge was born on June II, 1851.
He received his education at Uni
versity college, London, and became
professor of physics at University
college of the University of Liver
pool in 1881
He held that post until 1900. He
was president Of the British Asso-
citation for the Advancement Of Sci
ence in 1913.
His early interest in spiritism is
shown by the fact that he served as
president Of the Society Of Physical
Research from 1901 to 1904.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02
Headed Whern2

NUR chief fault lies in a sharp
" departure from the principles
on which this republic was founded.
In many respects we have
changed the original setup.
Some think our only way out is
to go still farther in this direction
and change the government.
Others think it would be wiser
to reincarnate some of the old
policies and conceptions.
Theodore Roosevelt once said that
we were headed for regulated mono
poly or state Socialism. Woodrow
Wilson, on the other hand, believed
we would avoid both by preventing
the concentration of wealth and the
overorganization of industry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02

The Checker PrOblem-A game
of checkers can be played to a
finish, without either player
losing man, each player making
thirteen legitimate moves, and
neither player having an OPP
portunity to jump the opponents
men. A numbered diagram and
list of moves for players will be
sent upon request if accompanied
by a stamped, self-addressed
envelope.
Monday: 'The Champion Arm
less MarkSman.'
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"A Mayor Sacrifices

A CCORDING to the newspaper
I n reports, the mayors voice at
this point rang up to the rafters of
the Aston He was filled with self
righteous indignation.
And naturally9 Hadn't he sac
Tificed himself? He certainly had.
On the morning Of April % James
Joseph Walker got up for break
fast.
In fastening a Bolshevist label
on all his opponents, Mayor Walker
said that he knew "Mr. Communist"
Not too well it would appear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02
In the Toga

"TTHE imperial city Of New
L York." Yes, the city Of bread
and circuses. Tammany has learned
that trick.
And in the center box sits I'M
perator Curry and every time he
raises a thumb judge gets job
and district leader gets a present.
I'd just as soon be thrown to a lion
as a tiger.
II hope that when the year rolls
around you will be good enough to
invite me again. won't be
among the unemployed"
No. Jimmy, you never were. Not
even in thought.
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except petulance and criticism. Though We have
written of half the debts incurred by our former
allies, we have been branded as Uncle Shylock" The
worst snars have come from those whose debts have
been cancelled most thoroughly.
Our best friends abroad are our former enemies
OF the war period. And we may doubt the disnter-
estedness Of these states No doubt considerable
part Of their ostensble aabilty is due to the fact
that they look to friendship and sympathy to help
pull them out of their present difficulties
Such are the results which we have obtained from
the international foray which puts our present deficit
ahead OF our national budget in the pre-war days.
We can not even allege sedefense or national pride
in mitigation.
Even Secretary Lansing's articles now running In
the Saturday Evening Post admit clearly enough that
we had more reason for fighting Britain than for
battling Germany-that should have fought both
or neither If the above facts can not teach us some
thing then we do deserve the worst
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02

Following is the explanation Of
Ripley's Believe 1t or Not, which
appeared in Fridays Times:
The Russian Factory Hands
Who Slapped Each Others Face
for SO Hours Michalko Confuse
and Wasyl Bezborodny, two
factory hands of Kiev, Russia,
slapped each others face for So
hours. Mutual face slapping is
good-natured sport greatly favored
by the "musik" congregates.
The effect on the audience is
exhilarating rather than brutaliz-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02

ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most Inter.
esting writers and are nre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude ~
this uaper.--The Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02

Temiskaming, Quebec The
town Of Temiskaming, which now
has a population of about 1900,
was planned and developed by the
International Paper Company,
with the primary aim of providing
comfortable homes and pleasant
surroundings for those employed
at the Kipawa mills. All taxes
are borne by the company, since
no one can own his own house,
and only employees are allowed to
live in company houses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02
Daily Thought

Because he considereth, and
turneth away from all his trans
gressiOns that he hath committed,
he shall surely live, he shall not
die.-EZekiel 1928.
Our hearts must not only be bro
ken with sorrow, but be broken
from sin, to constitute repentance
Dewey.
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Pain and WEAKNESS

| all anu w OQl llICOS
TINE second picture I recall OF Sir
4 Oliver Lodge is entirely differ
ent. He was discussing his work
both in physics and psychic re-
search with a small group Of ques-
TONERS.
He was asked whether he had
said in his Raymond" that the
folks in the "other world" smoked
cigars.
At that instant I saw a look of
such pain and WEAKNESS come into
his eyes as have never seen else
where. It was gone in flash and
he answered the question in his
usual calm even way.
But in that instant 1 caught some
idea of the tremendous heartache it
it has caused Lodge to endure the
wild reports and charges that his
belief in spiritism evoked.
realized then that it was not
easy for Lodge, who had built him
self an unquestioned reputation as
one of the worlds greatest physi-
cists, to enter a field of research
in which he met with the disbelief
and even antagonism Of 80 per cent
Of his colleagues.
Later I had opportunity to talk
with Lodge about his beliefs in
spiritism. He particularly stressed
the point that his interest had not
grown out of the World war and
the death of his son, as had been
said so many times, but that he had
been interested in the subject for
many years, long before the war,
and had carried on many investiga-
lions prior to the war.
The third picture I recall Of
Lodge is at a scientific session.
Young men were explaining recent
research work. Lodge sat in one
corner against the wall, his feet
crossed, his whole posture express
ing complete ease.
There was a look Of satisfaction
in his eyes and genial smile upon
his lips. His look seemed to say
that he was pleased to see the work
OF science going on. It was the
look of the master who is pleased
with his diSciDleS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-02

BY DAVID DIETZ-
Intimate Glimpses Of Sir
Oliver Lodge Reveals Him
as Man Of Many Sides.

Jour pictures of Sir Oliver Lodge
4 stick in my mind. To me they
have the revealing qualities Of in
formal flashlights which often tell
much more about a man than does
the carefully posed portrait.
I recall seeing him at a Soiree Of
the British Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Science upon the
campus Of the University of Liver
pool.
1t was a mild evening in late
summer. Tents, a Scft white in the
lanterns that hung from trees, pro-
tected the refreshplent tables load
ed with plates of sandwiches and
pastries. Somewhere in the distance
a band was playing.
There IS style to a soiree of the
British association. Full dress,
medals, and academic robes are all
in order.
Suddenly caught sight of
magnificent figure coming across
the grass. He was an old man. as
his bald head and white beard tes-
tined. But he was square-shoul-
dered and erect and looked about
six feet tall
The black and white Of his full
dress accentuated the brilliant red
of the oxford gown which he wore
open. Upon his breast were some
of the most coveted decorations Of
the British empire. There was a
furry of whispers as he approached
the crowd
It was Sir Oliver Lodge. And in
that snapshot" saw Lodge, the
great man, the pioneer of science,
the genius whom the world Of sci
ence delighted to honor.
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ing, and they encourage their
champions by calls and cheers.