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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-07
An Appropriate Appointment

1t is announced that Professor Bernadotte Everly
Schnitt of the University of Chicago has been APP
pointed lecturer at the Institute Universitaire de
Hautes Etudes mterntionales in Geneva during the
academic year 1882
Many will learn of this appointment with amaze
ment Geneva supposed to be the seat of interna-
tionalism and world justice. What good could come
from the appointment of this chief of American
German-baters to an international academic insti-
tuition in Geneva?
The appointment is highly appropriate. Geneva is
international and impartial in name only It is the
heir and successor of Versailles The spirit of 1918
has not evaporated. Germany may be on parity
with the other members of the league in legal
but she is not psychologically
Such appointments as those of Schmitt may help
They may jar us into consciousness of the true
state of affairs and lead to demand that fact con-
form to theory at the otensble international capital
of the world.
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- A~O<A Lands

NEXT to the money they get out of it, our GRIM
lcity ~"
When Schroeder sent up from Indianapolis en-
tered the prison gates he said he had scrap book
OF his notices and priced it highly
And we see in the paper picture of Brothers.
trled Tor the murder of Lingle in Chicago which
represents him as reading with immense gusto the
columns printed about his trial, the being elab-
orately illustrated.
1t has been long time since we parcticed law, but
unless human nature has changed, we should saw
these criminal lawyers make mistake to have their
defendants appear fashion plates before the irv
They should follow Shakespeares suggestion
neat not gaudy."
NTE are not surprised to read that Governor
w Roosevelt of New York leads all other candi-
dates for the Democratic presidential nomination
more than three to in the straw vote of thirty
nine states but there's an element of weakness in
leading the field SO far ahead of the convention
This may cause the rest of the candidates to make
common cause against him, for the trailers always
hate the leader
1t is interesting to note that Tammany now fayors
Al Smiths denomination, for it knitted him in the
last campaign, causing him to lose the Empire state
while Roosevelt carried it for Governor.
This was because Smith had Tammany nvesti-
gated, the result being that two Tammany leaders
went to the penitentary
Tammany doesn't love Smith now, for he is an
honest man. Tt hates him less than Roosevelt. be-
cause Roosevelt has had them investigated since
Smith, and it's the last hate that counts in politics
WE see that Mayor Jimmie Walker carried twen-
w ty-three trunks when he left California for
New York, which puts him in a class with PegQie
Joyce.
But this will not hurt walker politically. for he
tells the world he is fiashy dresser.
The people want man to ''be himself"
he tries to dress down" to the public habit he is
lost j. Sloat Fassett Republican candidate for Gov
ernor Of New York and arstocrat, tried this years
ago and 1t was fatal
He took of his coat at a political meeting and
the people thought it was &xand-stand play and
tcey finished him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-07
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIFTZ.

Shate OIL Nay Be "Saluation"
When Petroleum SUPPLY
Gives out.
lnNE Of the biggest problems
facing the chemist today is the
question of what the world viii do
when its supply of petroleum oil
gives out. There are various esti-
mates as to how long the worlds
Supply VIII last and il is extremely
involved. - .
But all authorities agree that ~
Is gong to give out some day and
some think that it may do so in less
than twenty years.
IL seems fairly reasonable that the
supply VIII give out within the life
inns OF many people now living
ana when that happens, the world
wiz be faced with an extren,sIv
ditf1cult problem.
me IS geared UP to the
autoInooiie. The auto made the
modern city and its residential sub
urDs possibility. Indus " rennires
Ciie auto truck. All machinery is in
constant need Of / ',ric~' oil
AT it seems most Iil,a,,,
r.. tne world win turn first to the
development of the shale oil de-
posts. These have not vet been
worked, because at the present time
II Is not profitable to do so. But
wnen oil becomes 2arce. the eco
nomic problem will be totally differ-
ent. ''--S vi
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-07
Must Play Square

TIME habit of nominating popu-
l. lar candidates and of making
agreeable promises, without any
serious thought as to the conse-
quences, is meaSurably to blame for
the political chaos in which we
find ourselves.
Right now, the Democratic party
is toying with the proposition of
putting up wet for the presidency
next year and then straddling pro-
hibition in it's platform.
Chairman Raskob takes the only
sensible position, when he advises
Democrats to avoid such shoddy
tactics. They might win an cleo
ton, but only to bring on more
crushing defeat.
Putting aside the question on
public service, such tactics do not
represent practical politics. The
only way party or a leader can
survive is by developing confidence
and the only way that can be done
is by playing square.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-07
On Wrong Path

CONTRARY to prevailing opinion
~ most of our problems are
neither very complicated nor very
mysterious. For every one that
originates in actual bewilderment, a
dozen have originated in lack OF
courage or common sense.
During the last twenty-five years
we have preferred to be clever
rather than wise, have studied the
art of triumph through trickery
rather than enduring achievement
through straightforward work.
The idea of winning at any price
has come to overshadow the idea of
whether winning represented any
thing of permanent and worth while
value.
Not only in politics, but in bust
ness, education, and most other
major activities, we are too much
inclined to put faith in anything
that SENS to work well for q day OF
a week.
A theory that romance ends with
the engagement, or at least the
wedding ceremony, that success is
guaranteed if one has connected
with a good job at the age of Is
that policy is sound if it gets BY
for a season, has come to play 9
stupendous part in our philosophy
of life.
The time has come to pay more
attention to ultimate and unacceptable
results, to square our program with
the enormous expansion of horizons
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-07
lis Pe0nIeIS Fault


CPEAKING of ballot boxes, Chi
~ cago is voting on "Big Bill''
Thompson for the fourth time.
He will be defeated.
OptomiSts will interpret his de-
feat as an encouraging sign, but
that is not enough.
AS long, as such demagogS can run
our greatest cities for twelve or
fifteen years without vast majority
of people realizing that something
is wrong, we have little hope of
clean, efficient government.
Railing at them does no good. The
basic fault is not and never was
theirs.
It is ridiculous to assume that
big Bill" landed where he did be-
cause of any peculiar talent on his
part. He was, and is, the creature
of the crowd, absolutely unable to
get anywhere or do anything with
out the crowds sanction and con-
sent.
The only reason that people refuse
to look upon him and his kind in
that light is that they don't like to
admit their own mistakes.
That is the price of democracy,
however. If people are going to
govern themselves, they must not
only recognize, but profit by, their
blunders, and not try to wiggle out
of their responsibilities by making
a goat of some poor devil whom
they elected with their eyes open.
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PANAMA WAR DECLARATION

PANAMA WAR DECLARATION
April Z.
I'M April z, 1917, the day after
~ the United States declared
war against Germany, DR.. Ramon
Valdez, president Of the Republic
of Panama, signed proclamation
committing Panama unreservedly
to the assistance of the United
States in defense Of the canal.
The proclamation said in part:
Our indisputable duty in this
tremendous hour of history is Of
common ally whose interests
and existence as well are linked
indissolubly with the United
States.
"I therefore declare that the
Panaman nation will lend emphatic
cooperation to the United States
against enemies who execute or at
tempt to execute hostile acts against
the territory of the canal, or in any
manner affect or tend to affect the
common interests"
It was announced that the Ger
man residents in Panama would
be interned if they gave any evil
dence Of being involved N plots.
The Cuban congress on this day
also passed a declaration Of war
against Germany. without q single
dissenting vote.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-07
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
X-Kay Finds Diaphragm Rupture

ing something resembling health
during life, and since the operative
technic is improving constantly, it
is important that even more atten-
ton, be given to these cases than
now is being given to them.
The diaphragm is large muscle
which separates the chest cavity
from the abdominal cavity. It's &C
ton is concerned with breathing.
Should there be spreading of the
f1bers so as to permit the stomach
or the intestines to pass from the
abdominal cavity into the chest
cavity, collapsing the lung and en-
croaching on the space occupied by
the lungs and the heart, there is
bound to be good deal of disturb
ance, both of breathing and of cir
culation of the blood.
Actually one case was reported in
which the extended stomach. pushed
into the chest cavity, occupied
enough space to have asphyxiated
the person affected.
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NJ. E. Tracy
-SAY ~.

The Ballot Boz Is About the
Only Place Where Zone
Man Is as Good as An
other"
NEW YORK. April This be-
1 y ing April. lots of people have
colds. But King George is about the
only one who makes the front page
Of big American dailies.
That's in keeping with the time
honored rule that news deals with
the exceptional. Colds are common,
but kings are not.
No doubt many tenders were
scratched and crunlbled during the
weekend, but King Georges aunt
was one Of the few for whom such
an accident meant publicity on the
other side of the world.
Though royalty may not cut such
figure as it once did in the Sc
rious business of politics, it still en-
joys social prestige. Even minor
titles have rating in the matri-
monial market.
In spite Of all democracy has &C.
complished, the ballot box is about
the only place where zone man is
as good as another"
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The symptoms of the condition
are all associated with difficulty in
breathing, so that the affected per-
son has pain over the heart, short
ness of breath, turns blue and
coughs, and is in other ways quite
i'll.
When the x-ray picture is taken,
the tissues are found to be out of
place; the stomach, instead of ly-
ing beneath the diaphragm, is
pushed above it, and whatever other
organs are concerned protrude into
the chest cavity.
In the operation, the procedure
followed includes opening of the
cavity, replacement of the organs
within the abdomen where they be-
long, and closing of the opening in
the diaphragm through which the
tissue protruded from the abdomen
into the chest cavity.
The control of this condition by
modern surgery represents another
of the great triumphs of technic in
this division Of medical science.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-07
A Real Solution

To aspiring Indiana politicians, who may
be worried about the prohibition question,
why not advance new program, label it the
Indiana idea, and go through to victory and
fame and national sanity?
Instead of repeal of the Volstead act or
turning back the power to states, why not
resort to the simple expedient of taking the
profit out of the sale of liquor and end the
corruption that has always attended that
business?
What would happen if the government
manufactured and sold without profit, all
the alcoholic beverages demanded by the
people?
The bootlegger would disappear. He is
in business for profit He could not compete
with a government that demanded nothing
more than cost.
Corrupt public officials and gangs would
go. Their sources of revenues would be over.
The lure for profit is the source of all cor
ruption, bootleg, utility or loan shark.
There would no longer be any paid propa-
ganda by manufacturers. They are in the
business for profit. There would be no in
centive for them to resort to old methods of
advertising for trade. There would be no in
centive to open saloons or speakeasies. There
would be no incentive to take hand in cor
rupting government, as occurred in the days
that preceded the prohibition debacle.
There would be an incentive for the tenn
perance societies dedicated to the diminished
use of alcohol to carry on their work of edu-
cation. They would find the job easier with
the new condition, for liquor would no longer
be fashionable with the socially elect. Being
cheap, it would be scorned by the rich and
those who copy the manners and morals Of
the rich.
The professional dry crusader says his
league is in politics to stay. Here is his
chance to become real leader for his cause.
Or, perhaps, some so-called liberal will
take the idea 1t is offered to both alike.
There is no patent attached and, being simple
and sane, is not likely to be accepted or tried.
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But / Still Believe It

But | Ollli D6ll6VG II
MOT only was I fearful lest the
IN man in question might die
about the time the article appeared
But also was assailed with doubts
as to the craftsmanship Of attack
ing a man who was i'll.
On thinking it over, however,
decided to let the piece stand. 1t
did represent something which
felt with sincerity and fervor.
And to make no great secret
about it, the subject of the column
was John Roach Straton. 1t seemed
to me that I could justify myself
by saying that, after all, I was not
dealing with an individual, but with
man whose views and type OF
mind comprised a symbol powerful
in American life.
Indeed, in a very literal sense, this
evangelist was assured of a most
practical personal survival. The
things he preached would go on. He
was not the last of clan.
And so it was with William Jen-
nings Bryan. In the case of Bryan
magazine writer's Jared even worse
than colunlnists. Several humorous
weeklies we're laden with Furnishing
caricatures and comments about the
Commoner which, as fate would
have it, appeared a few days after
his sudden death.
And some editors went to terrific
effort in order to tear their makeup
apart at the last minute rather
than risk the criticism of speaking
i'll Of the dead.
Again say that can see nc
conference in such attitude. If q
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Questions and
Answers

When and where was the first
telephone switchboard for CONNER
cial service installed, and the first
telephone exchange established?
The first telephone switchboard
for commercial service was put in
operation at New Haven, Conn. in
1878, with twenty-one subscribers.
The first telephone exchange was
opened in London, England, in 1879.
How much income must a single
man have before he is required to
file an income tax statement?
Single men must file income tax
returns for any net income of more
than 81 500 per annum.
Who wrote the "Charlie Chan"
stories, and what is the title of the
last one?
Earl Derr Biggers is the author.
The last one is entitled Charlie
Chan Carries On"
Is it necessary to use a ring at a
wedding ceremony to make it legal?
No.
Is the gulf stream gradually get
ting nearer to the coast OF North
America? Is it nearer than il was
twenty five years ago?
The course Of the gulf stream has
shifted from time to time, but there
is no evidence that its average
course is any nearer North America
than it was twenty-five years ago.
Was the Bank of the United
States in New York. which recently
failed. > member Of the federal re-
serve systemg
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-07
Use of Alcohol

A MOTHER possibility is that
4 n when oil begins to give out
automobiles will be built to run on
alcohol. Alcohol could be used as
motor fuel although it would fur
nish only two-thirds as much power
to the gallon as does gasoline.
Alcohols can be produced from
great variety of substances inc1ud-
ing grains, sugars, various tropice
plants, sawdust and soft wood.
Alcohol does not compete with
gasoline today because the cost of
producing alcohol is too high. But
as gaSline gives out, the cost arclc
no longer will matter.
It also is probable that chemists
will develop cheaper methods Of
manufacturing fuel alcohols. It has
been suggested that some sort of
luxuriant tropical vegetation might
prove an ideal raw material for
manufacture of alcohol.
There are, Of course, the posi-
bilitieS of other factors entering the
situation before the supply of oil
gives out. Automotive engineers
may succeed in developing more eff
Gent engines.
There are also many fundamental
problems in connection with the use
Of oils as lubricants still to be
solved. Scientists do not understand
completely the way in which oil
reduces friction between metallic
surfaces.
There are also many chemical
problems to be solved in connection
with what goes on inside an auto
mobile cylinder when the gas ez-
plodes.
A better understanding of the
reactions involved may lead to great
improvements in engine design.
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trade from unnecessary and unreasonable govern
mental restriction, interference and manipulation at
the same time safeguarding the public in every proper
way by regulation against monopoly and unfair trade
practices"
resentatives Of special privilege have been saying
since monopoly became an issue?
Does he not know that he speaks for the power in
terests and against the public when he condemns
federal curbs these giants public utlities) which
Is another of the regrettabe tendencies to extend the
powers Of central government"
When he says, my idea is that the states them
know that long experience has proved that state
ation neectiveand therefore is supported by the
worst power interests?
But, regardless of whether we agree with Raskob
on prohibition disagree on most economic issues we
convinced that he is rendering great public serv-
ice in forcing the Democratic party to face those and
other issues.
Under the American party system, there can be no
representative government if the parties prevent
popular vote issues.
To the Republican party managers no less than
to the Democrats we recommend the practical wis
dom of Raskob's conclusion:
I'VE must conduct ourselves that the people will
be willing to trust with the great responsibility of
government, and hardly can hope for this demon
stration of confidence unless lay program be-
fore them frankly, definitely clearly, and without
equivocation evasion"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-07
ON Shala
IN various parts OF Az =

N various parts of the world there
are great deposits of rock known
as oil shales. Colorado and Utah
possess mountains of it. It is esti-
mated that there are $50 billion
tons of it in Indiana.
Oil shale is a shale-like rock
soaked with a wax-like material
called gen,\whfch when heated
changes into oil.
The oil shale is a highly inflam-
mable rock. There are various sto-
rleS about its discovery by pioneers
who used it to build chimneys and
then saw their chimneys 90 IN in
flames the first time they built a
fire.
A ton of oil shale will produce
about fifty gallons of oil.
1t is estimated that the oil shales
now known are capable of produc-
ing more oil than the world now
possesses in the form of petroleum
oil.
The production of oil from the
snale involves many processes which
are too expensive at the present
time. The rock must be mined.
crushed, and heated, the oil drawn
on and the useless rock thrown
away.
I But as already noted, the expense
VIII be no stumbling block once the
present supply of oil gives out.
1t Is of course reasonable to sup
pose that many research chemists
and engineers will turn their atten-
ton to the problem when the time
draws near, and it is not unlikely
that the process may be simplif1ed
and cheapened.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-07

Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
Until the x-ray began to be
" used commonly, the diagnosis
of rupture through the diaphragm
rarely was made. The occurrence
of this condition is not frequent,
certainly not more than one in per-
haps several thousands of cases.
The symptoms may be sufficient
ly severe to cause trouble and to
make necessary an operation, which
has been possible only with the de-
velopment of new methods of dag
nosis and recent improvements in
surgical technic.
Thus far, according to DR.. P. E..
Truesdale, twenty-five children
under 10 years of age have been
operated on for this condition and
about Al per cent of them have
died.
Since the operation may be con-
sidered life-saving measure and
of the greatest Importance for hav-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-07
Let the Eight Go On

NATURALLY, I am not arguing
l. " against forgiveness. Not only
Is there divine rule, but the spirit
of starting all over again from
scratch comprises excellent common
sense.
Revenge is among the znost futile
of human emotions. But toward
the person who lives and 6ies still
OF the same mind there is no occa-
sion for letup.
After all, in most cases, the fight
is not against him as piece of
finite mortality, but against the ideas
which he represents. And ideas are
touched with immortality. This
goes even for warped and evil no.
lions.
And so it seems to me that the
good fighter will not step aside
whenever a funeral comes his way
but with more vigor and magma
ton say, 1.-THE struggle still goes on
haven't changed my mind!"
If William Hale Thompson, for In
stance, is vulgar, a corrupt and
an evil figure in local politics. he
can't wipe that out by any such SIM
pie devise as lying down to die.
Copyright. 1881. by The Times)
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Peoples Voice

Editor Times-In The Times re-
Gently, writer harshly condemned
the present parole system in Indi-
ana.
The writer does not seem to know
that IS per cent Of all paroIed
prisoners make good.
Society never hears of the fellow
who has made good, only the one
who iss a second-tine loser. The
state gives the paroled prisoner IS
and a please don't rain suit and
tells him to go and sin no more.
Why not give him round trip
ticket?
Take the hope Of parole from q
prisoner and you have an animal
who will stop at nothing.
Don't kick a fellow when he's
down.
ONE WHO HAS MADE GOOD.
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Daily Thought

said in mine heart, God shall
judge the righteous and the wick
ed; for there is time there for
every purpose and for every work.
-Ecclesiastes 3:I7.
We neither know not nor fudge
ourselves; others may Judge. but car
not know us. God alone judges anc
knows us.-Wilkie Collins.
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1T SEEMS TO ME BY HB BKCSS

writer is to recant because his adj
versary is gone, then I think that
writer seems to confess, 81 didn't
really mean it. I didn't feel it
utterly. 1t was all part of game. I"
True opposition should be strong
enough to endure here and here
after. No Waterloo in this world or
the next can suffice the change in
the record of things which have
occurred.
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ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
eSting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard TO their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this uaper.-The Editor.