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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-11
A Timely Document

The reopening Of the whole debts-reparations
question brings to the fore sharply once more the
question of immediate responsibility for the World
war German reparations find their only moral basis
in Article 231 of the treaty of Versailles This de-
clares that Germany must pay because she and her
allies solely responsible for bringing the war;
The matter of the guilt of Germany has been
f1ercely debated, and Prince Won Bulows memoirs
have given lease Of life to the de-hards 1t is
extremely timely, then, to discover document of
the greatest Importance for this crucial matter of
separations.
DR.. Alfred Won Wegerer the alert and aggressive
editor of the Berner Monhatshefte, sent out ques-
tonnaire last winter to leading scholars and pubcstS
in the entente and neutral countries-none, mind
you went to the central powers their allies Nearly
seventyfive answered, including such distinguished
names as Charles A. Beard, Sir Raymond Beazley,
G. Loves Dickinson, Sidney B. Fay, N. Japikse W. L.
LANCER, Alcide Ebray Georges Demartial, w. E.
Lingelback, Lord Ponsonby, Charles SeignoboS,
Charles Seymour, James T. Shotwell, Ferdinand
scheviu, Augusta Tore, j. W. Swain and Corrado
Barbagallo.
DR.. Won wegerer asked three questions of these
men. who represent the best informed opinion in
the countries which we're formerly enemies of Ger
many or neutral during the conflict
81. Are you Of the opinion that Germany planned
the great with generalization and brought it
about designedly and Intentionally" On this fifty
four of the world-famous savantS answered no. five
yes and twelve were uncertain.
%. Are you Of the opinion that Germany imposed
the war upon allied or associated governments"
Fifty said no; eight yes, and thirteen in doubt
80. Do you assent to the opinion that the af1rnla
ton made by the allied and associated governments
m Versailles regarding the responsibility of Germany
for the war was arrived at the basis of material
which was incomplete tendentious and in part, even
falsif1ed?" One answered no; ffty-one yes, and
eighteen we're in doubt
In short, If were to summon body of in
formed historical experts comparable to the financial
experts who drafted the Dawes and Young plans
we would find that the moral basis for the work of
these international hnancers has completely
evaporated The entente powers admittedly have
the physical power to collect indemnity from Ger
many. They obviously have no moral right to de-
nnand reparations on the basis of the alleged Ger
man guilt back in July, 1914.
If the Germans are forced into a corner they can
raise the guilt issue to>Splendid advantage They
have a perfect moral case for demanding the COM
plete and unconditional termination of reparations
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-11
1N1%I AON/4 lands

TNHE other day We visited a municipal swimming
l. pool, one built in beautiful park by an enter
prising city for the pleasure Of its people It bright
and colorul and there were hundreds spashng about
md diving from the platforms
This is a better attitude than we encountered
years ago when the thought of spending the hard
earned money of the taxpayers for public pool would
have caused an uprising.
Kids in the old days had a hard time getting to
swim in the rivers chased hither and yon and
usually wound up a mile beyond the jurisdiction Of
the cops. Had any city government approached us
and invited to be their guests at swimming party
we would have taken to our heels, fearing con-
spiracy
WE never have been able to figure out why the
w authorities chased our crowd from The
TumbleS the finest natural swimming place one could
imagine. 1t was below the water works dam and we
could not possibly contamnate the water supply but
they made us walk the chalk
We left The Tunlbles reluctantly as any Indian
tribe left the land of its ancestors and we sought
refuge above the red bridge safely beyond the city
line and there for generations the kids found their
swimming hole
That old red bridge is gone now, an iron one TAX
ing its place, but iron bridge is bridge at all
You can't cut initials iron rods, but on the
weather beaten sides of that old red bridge were
thousands of initials, almost many letters you'll
find in the dictionary.
DUT even if the city didn't pamper us in our day
I'D had a barrel Of fun. So far as we knew,
bathing suits had never been invented, nor spring
boards but we had big rock, afectionately known
The Old Diver placed just in the right spot by far
seeing nature
We didn't have any bath house to keep our clothes;
we peeled" them and left then in pile then some
Kid would tie them into knots and from safe dis
lance yell "Chaw beef" as we tried to unknot
them with our teeth. We didn't have any towels we
just sat there in the wind and blew dry"
That municipal swinnlin pool was fine OF course,
but we'd rather go back to the old swimmin' hole
above the Red Bridge with the old gang that's now
scattered all over the countyand between this world
and the next X
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-11
Peoples Voice

Editor TimeS-I am member Of
the Dodd mission, 609 East Wash
ington street, and I am interested
in seeing it grow. Our leader, A. l..
Dodd, has been in church work for
more than forty-three years.
We are the only mission in the
city that has the old-time Saliva
ton Army marches. We also have
meetings on front porches.
am interested in men and wom-
ems salvation and that is what our
mission stands for. We have not
paid any salaries to workers in our
organization. We believe in giving
our service free.
We are not beggars. We all work
and have never asked for outside
help for our own needs.
Brother Dodd, the founder of our
mission, works every day at the In
dianapolis Bleaching Company. How
many preachers today do that.
We are standing for the same
doctrine that William Booth stood
Tor. He built one Of the strongest
organizations in the world.
Every Saturday you print some
thing on churches, but I never see
much On God, devil, he'll, heaven
and eternity. We need your papers
help in telling of our work.
We are fully organized and have
our own charter now.
a MEMBER OF THE DODD
MISSION
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Telephone Rates

special low rates for newspapers in gathering news
are demanded by group Of Indiana editors who met
this week to survey the field and make plans that may
obtain this result
The argument is that telegraph companies have
long given such rates and that the telephone systems
should do the same thing.
Unquestionably the rates charged for gathering
news are too high. But the same thing is true of
every other service rendered by what is a near
nnonopoly.
The charges by its holding company are ex-
tortionate and yet to be beyond any regulation
or control The company takes advantage of all the
new inventions and the public is not considered.
The valuation of the company for rate making
purposes is fixed upon war time prices for copper and
labor
Invention has greatly magnifed the uses Of the
wires and cables. It is now possible to carry con-
versations and telegraph messages over the same
wires. Long-distance conversations are made over
phantom circuits. The company collects on all these
new devices which cut its own COSTS but does not
reduce the cost to the public.
One Of the great new sources Of revenue is the
use of wires in carrying broadcasts for radio stations
One of the ancient tricks of the telephone system
in some parts of the country in earlier days was to
give free service for long distance to newspapers
troned in this manner. In return, the newspapers
were quite complacent to outrage of public rights.
They were generally silent concerning the pet friends
Of the company.
At one time Judge Ben Lindsey Of Denver having
earned the enmty Of this company, found no news
paper support among his former friends when can
didate for reelection. Only paper which had
refused to sell its soul for free service came to his
assistance.
Instead Of asking for special privileges the news
papers of the state would do greater service to the
public If they would join In demand for real in
vestigation Of all rates.
They might be able to better serve their subscrip-
ers If they made a massed demand for new valua-
ton OF the companys lines in this state and a new
rate schedule for all subscribers. They might be very
valuable if they dug up all the facts concerning the
charges of the holding company and the amount of
money taken from the state in this manner.
Instead Of special favors just plain justice for all
the people might seem to be the better objective.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-11
HEALTH SERVICE

coma as form Of heat exhaustion
and recovered when it's circulation
was stimulated by active rubbing.
1t is reported that miners treat
those who faint when coming out
Of the mine by the same type of
friction.
In Chicago in 1917 hundreds Of
people suffered heat stroke, ap-
parently due to the wearing of tight
and heavy clothing and the taking
Of too little water at time of very
high temperature and summer heat.
In heat stroke, it is the heat rays
Of the sun and not the ultraviolet
rays that are responsible. The con-
slant exposure to high temperature
and the failure Of water to be
evaporated from the surface of the
body diSturbs the heat regulating
mechanism.
Death from heat stroke is ap-
parently due to the effects of the
high temperature on the nervous
system and the heart.
The symptoms of heat stroke may
come on suddenly, but most fire.
qUently come On gradually.
The person who is about to be-
come affected complains of feeling
weak and tired, especially in the
legs. He gets dizzy, has a headache,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-11
Child C,onvicts

When we think of federal criminal We are likely
10 visualize hardened yegg who has robbed mail
car, member of narcotic gang, rum runner, or
some shrewd swindler who has used the mails to
defraud One rarely thinks of juvenile delinquency
in connection with federal ofenses. Yet, no less
than 5000 girls and boys under Is are held in jail
each year charged with federal ofenses For the
most part, these youngsters ordinary petty juv-
emile delinquency cases, the oense having happened
to violate federal instead of state codes.
The brutal and inadequate mode of dealing with
the child who has violated federal statute is ad-
nirably brought out in the recent report of the
Wickersharn commission "the child offender in
Che federal system of justice" 1t is written by Dr.
Miriam Van Waters, the well-known authority on
Juvenile delinquency and correction.
In most of our civilized states there are we'll
developed laws and courts specializing in the scen-
tiic treatment of Juveniles The courts usually have
the aid of psychologists social workers. psychatrsts
and probation officers. The convicted children are
sent to institutions specially designed to handle youth
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-11
Power, ImpugnitY

VOU don't get such widespread
L and consistent fear, without the
presence of power-a power which
can, and does strike not only with
force, but impugnity.
Rightly or wrongly, a large ele-
ment of the people regards defiance
of gang rule as more dangerous
than defiance of the law.
Slowly, but relentlessly. our law
enforcing agencies are being envel-
oped by Conspiracy of silence.
1t is a homeopathic move
ment of the worst sort-a movement
which you can't touch, but which
blocks and nullifies the effective
ness Of constitutional government
The machine gun, unsolved muir
der, moral sophiStry and interest in
other things have combined to make
the racket strong and the law weak
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DISCHARGED

IF the police had wanted Mr.. Mon
l. go for anything, they would
have seen to it that he was pro
tected" at all costs, but since there
was nothing against him on the
hlotter, they left him to solve that
problem as best he could.
Being Schooled to meet just such
emergencies, Mr.. Mongo had his
pals posted in strategic positions
about the hospital, and when the
hostile mob" appeared at 8 Friday
morning, there was the usual gun
fight.
On this particular occasion, the
defenders prevailed, and Mr.. Mongo
escaped without injury.
The doctors suddenly discovered,
however, that he was well enough
to be discharged. So ne was
guided down a back stairway and
turned over to his pals, after which
he departed for some unknown
destination.
r A fine exhibition of tinlidity all
around.
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it comes the Y. M. c. A. will be
ready to lend hand to make it a
nice and glorious Christian war.
There is no stability, sense or
utility in that attitude. War is
wrong or war is an excellent thing
in the international scheme. There
is certainly no hope in the lip serv-
ice Of those who say, Lets be for
peace until the next war breaks"
Even the most violent and habit
ual militarists are not prone to cry
up the cause of war until the time
comes.
1t is not unreasonable for the Y.
M. c. A. to point to the work which
it did in the World war. There
has been some divergence of opin-
ion as to how well this effort was
managed.
But as a newspaper man who
served as correspondent with the
American army am aware of the
fact that troops in the field are
often captious in their criticism.
would say that, whatever mistakes
were made, the Y. M. c. A. did it's
best.
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Honesty DeridAd

TT has become common to hear
l. folks say, "He may be a crook
but he's smart" or, "He may be hon
est, but he's dumb
More than one corrupt city gov
eminent has pulled through on the
ground that it paved so many miles
of street, or established so many
Fairgrounds.
On more than one occasion we
have Endorsed the idea of being
clever as opposed to the idea of be-
ing straight.
A hunger for prosperity, as meas
ured by dollars and cents, or foI
pleasure, as measured by physical
appetite, has had much to do with
the development of such an atti-
tude.
This depression through which we
are passing is due largely to wa
tered stock and false values, which
only represent one phase of dishon-
esty.
When you como to size It up, the
racketeering game bears mighty
close resemblance to methods pur-
sued by some of our biggest and best
business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-11
H7d6A1F BITEeI
ANNIVERSARY
R19s17I
HARDEN SUPPRESSED
July IL

July IL
NN July IL, 1911, Die zukunft
" magazine operated by Maxmil-
ian Harden, noted German writer
was suppressed, and Herr Harden
was drafted under the auxiliary
civil service law to be employed as
a military celrk.
The publication was suppressed be-
cause of the critical comments made
in it Of high officials. Extracts from
the article which caused the sup
preston follow:
Herr Won Bethmann is like
neither Buddha nor a preacher in
the mountains. He who hopes for
his world to be saved by heavy guns
poisoned gas, mines, flame throwers
submarines and ari bombs must dc
without reputation for sublime
humanity.
"Are they (Germany's rulerS) al
lowed by slandering an enemy who
is not yet ready to conclude peace
and by insisting all to loudly upon
their deep belief in the nearneSs OF
peace, to nourish the mad but DAM
aging belief that Germany is more
weary than the league of her
enemies?
Must we not demand that before
they choose new weapons they
shall think out to the end every
possible effect-not merely the effect
which is desired by the commander
in the deld?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-11
Cell Laboratories

TINE chemical nature Of carbohy~
l. drates-the sugars and starcheS
is well understood. Three chem
ical elements, carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen, compose them. The chem
ist can tell you just how many
atoms of each element are to be
found in the molecule Of any par
ticular sugar or starch.
Fats have more complex struc-
lures. A fat is a combination of a
fatty acid with glycerol. Both fat
ty acids and glyceroI are formed by
the reorganization and recombina-
ton of carbohydrates. Their natures
are no mystery to the chemist.
Proteins are the most complex Of
all the substances present in proto-
plasm. Their nature is not yet
completely understood.
By replacing some Of the hydro.
gen in fatty acid with a combina-
ton Of nitrogen and hydrogen, the
fatty acid is changed into what is
known as an amino acid. Proteins
are known to be compounds of am
mo acids. But they are very COM
pick. A molecule of some proteins
consists of more than a thousand
atoms.
One might jump to the conclu--
sion that the chemical nature of
protoplasm would be solved once
chemists completely understood pro-.
TENS. Nothing could be farther
from the truth.
For the cells, in tiny units or
building blocks into which proto-
plasm is organized to form living
tissues, are not static mixtures of
the substances named.
Each cell is chemical laboratory
in which chemical processes are
constantly going on. The amounts
Of various substances present is
constantly undergoing change. Sub
stances are decomposed or broken
up within the cell. Other SUBJ
stances are manufactured.
Our present understanding Of the
chemical ingredients of protoplasm~
is only the beginning of the prob
lem.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-11

TINE fact that the letter &C" in
l. Y. M. G. A. stands for Chris
tian" should impose certain obliga-
tons upon the organization.
'I am not one who denies the
possibility of debate concerning the
usefulness of Christian ethics, even
although I believe in them myself
as the groundwork for an effective
social scheme. But as long as any,
body calls himself Christian" he
has no right to get too far of the
reservation.
The point has come up in the
west side branch here in New York.
Recently an editorial appeared in
an issue of West Side Men con-
demning the citizens military train
ing camps. The editorial was writ
ten by DR.. A. D. Rugh while he was
on the staff of the association.
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Man and Cabbage

DROTOPLASM is the name which
l. biologists give to the substance
of which all living things are COM
posed. Huxley, the great English
biologist, called it the physical
basis of life" because the phenom-
ena Of life are only found associated
with the protoplasm.
1t is a startling thing to be told
that the tissues composing a human
1ody and those composing the head
of cabbage are the same. OF course
there are wide differences between
animal plant tissues and even be-
tween different kinds of plant tis-
sues.
The point which the biologist
makes, however, is that these are
all differences of degree. They are
not fundamental differences, but
merely varitions of a fundamental
substance.
The next startling fact which
biology has revealed is that proto-
plasm is chiefly water. The amount
Of water differs in different SAM
pies Of protoplasm and even in the
same sample under varying condi-
lions, but it ranges from 81 per cent
to as high as 95 per cent.
The other ingredients are carbo~
hydrateS-Sugar and starches-fats,
proteinS and slight traces Of min
eral salts. The wide variety found,
in plant and animal tissues depends
upon the variety and kinds of car
bohydrates, fats and proteins present
and the proportion of each present.
Thus white of egg or lean meat, for
example, are almost entirely pro-
teinS.
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Why ApoI0gize2

THIS is not the suggestion of an
L ultra-radica1. After all, the
President himself sloganed the con-
f1ict as the war to end all war. And
if the Y M. c. A. did its bit to nail
down the f1nality of this particular
conflict it can well afford now to
emphasize the &c" and to take the
attitude that from the Christian
point Of view war and preparation
for war do not belong in its scheme
Of training the young to the best
possible rule of ethics.
The Y. M. G. A. should have the
courage to say, eve are for peace
first, last and all the tine!" And
no apologies to anybody.
copyright. 1881. by The Times)
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More TimiditY

TRAUGOTT F. KELLER, chief
L engineer of the New York dock
department, was to- have appeared
before the legislative investigating
committee at IL Friday morning to
tell what he knew about graft
bribery, fee-splitting and so on.
That he knew a great deal had al
ready been confirmed by two weeks
of preliminary quizzing, and that
he intended to come Clean" was
his own declaration over the tele-
phone Thursday night.
But just one hour before he was
due to appear on the witness stand.
he threw himself in front Of a SUBJ
way train.
Another exhibition of timidity.
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Questions and
Answers

Where is Danger Island, and to
what country does it belong?
It is in the ChagoS archipelago,
in the Indian ocean. 1t is under
the British flag.
Who is the head of the prohibit
ton bureau of the department of
justice?
Colonel Amos w. Woodcock.
Has there been any change in
the law providing that the foreign
born minor children of persons
naturalized in the United States be-
come American citizens through the
naturalization of their father?
The law has not been altered since
its enactment.
Where is the Rio Grande river?
1t rises in the San Juna noun
tains Of southern Colorado, flows
southeast and south in Colorado,
south by west and southeast
through New Mexico and southeast
between Texas and Mexico to the
Gulf Of Mexico. It there forms the
international boundary between the
United States and Mexico,
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Rebel in the Ranks

WE still believe" writes Mr.
w Rugh, that the army builds
men, yet we forget what they are
being built for. The military sys-
TEN and all those who have in
vested interests in it foster the
suspicious, misunderstanding and
hatreds that ultimately make de
fensive wars necessary from the
militaristic point of view"
That seems to me a concise and
intelligent statement. Here again
am willing to admit the possibility
of argument. But I fail to compre-
bend how any attack can be brought
on this view from the Christian
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eEAbuses of Authority,

On three recent occasions local United States
peace" officers, whose preudices, tempers and trig-
ger-hngerS seem to work faster than their brains
have brought embarrassment to our own government
and aroused indignation in the Mexican press
We refer to the unseemly act OF Chicagos munich
pal Judge Thomas Green in sentencing for six months
for contempt the acting Mexican consul and sending
him into jail cell for four hours along with DRINKS
and pickpockets, to the two Oklahoma deputy shers
who shot to death two Mexican students one of whom
was relative of President Rubio; to the killing of
Mexican Immigrant by San Diego immigration off,
GERS, who suspected him of Illegal entry
Coming at time when the state department and
White House are bending every effort to keep the
relations between our own and our neghbor repub-
lie cordial these aronts doubly unfortunate In
moving quickly to free Dominguez and order an
investigation Of the San Diego affair." the government
is doing what it can in face of petty ofncia sins
Washington evidently agrees with the Mexican for
eign secretaryS Characterization of these incidents as
ABUSES Of authority"