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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Tale of Two Cities

Americans, concerned over the steady increase in
crime in this country, will look enviouslv toward
Great Britain, where the tendency is in the other
direction
The average prison population Of England and
Wales according the 1929 report of the prison COM
missoners has declined from 1886 in 1913 to 1oa61
In seven years there has been decrease Of Is per
cent in the Imprisonment Of men and Al per cent
Tor women. Imprisonment for "indctable ofenses"
fell from 23,S69 in 1913 to 14eo7 in 1929 From 1910
to 1914 the average annual number of cases of
drunkenness was 1e3,354, compared with 1888 in
1929.
The picture here is in sharp contrast The daily
federal prison population in 1905 was 1917 in 1915
1t was 2,265, and now it has grown to 1880 There
are probably 10000 additional federal prisoners con-
fined in state and county ails Convictions for fed
eral offenSes has grown from 13477 in 1915 to
in 1928
State prisons housed another 10000. and other
thousands were confined in city and county iails All
told 1t Is estimated that 100000 persons are behind
the bars In various jaS and prisons rate of state
imprisonment per 100000 of population grew from
90 IN 1923 to "a in 1927 and is higher now
While the number Of local jails in Great Britain
mas declined our own jais and prisons contain
roughly twice many persons as they were built to
house
Attempts to enforce the prohibition law are chiefly
responsible for Americas prison growth Nearly three
tourths OF all federal sentences imposed are in that
category.
1T is clear" say Britains prison commissioners,
that an improvement in social conditions and social
behavior is of the causes of the decline of the
prison population"
And that improvement has been ACCOMPLISHED
without trying to make men good by law, as we have
attempted to do.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
A Challenge to Moralists

There is great solcitude regarding the morals of
women in New York. Vice squads Of the police and
societies to suppress vice have abounded Prostitution
is outlawed Yet the state department of labor re-
veals figures which are more alarming to the rational
orast than the report Of the committee of fourteen
or any other comparable society. These indicate
shocking drop in womenS wages in the state since
1929 Women are particularly helpless due to the
relative lack of organization among women workers
q womens wages in New York state have decreased
40 to so per cent since 1929 according to official re-
ports of the state department of labor The report
says that bookkeepers who drew SIS to $50 in 1929
are working for as low as SIS week. wages
for typists dropped from SIS to so week to SIP
SOL with the Sl2 offer far more usual" said the re-
port "Stenographers' wages dropped from SIS for
beginners and s35 for an expert to SO and $2o re-
spectively" Machine operators in offices getting
about si2 week and the piece rate on hand ad-
dressing has been cut from 50 to $3.50 thousand.
Even in the higher paid brackets women workers
are affected. Women specialists who formerly drew
$4,000 and more year are now getting $500 to
$1,000. Department store clerks income Rs been
reduced as much as 50 per cent. The biggest drop,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
ChaIdean Expert

THE publication within recent
Il years, however, of a number of
hitherto unknown Babyloniarx and
Greek texts makes it necessary to
revise this opinion of the Chaldeans.
The world is indebted chiefly to
the industry of number of Ger
man Jesuit fathers, Epping, Strass-
maier and Kugler by name. for
knowledge Of these texts.
They reveal that the Chaldeans
were excellent astronomers, having
kept careful records of the motions
Of the sun and moon for long Pc
RODS.
These texts also introduce us to
Naburiannu and Kidinnu - the
Greek texts call them Naburianos
and Cidenas.
These two, according to DR.. j, K.
Fotheringham, reader in ancient as
tronomy and chronology at the Uni
verSity of oxford, are entitled to q
place among the greatest of as
tronomers."
The two computed systems bv
which the position Of the sun or
moon at any future date could be
predicted. These systems OF course
also made possible the prediction
Of eclipses.
In one instance, Kidinnu, accord
ing to DR.. Fotheringham, even ex-
celled our modern astronomers, OBJ
tanning a better figure for one OF
the components entering into the
calculation of eclipses than that
used by present-day scientists.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Railroad Rates and Wages

The railroads have marshaled armies of figures to
support their contention that freight rates should
be increased Is per cent.
These statistics have been presented to the inter
state commerce commission which is hearing the
case And before the hearings ended, other rail-
road experts will testify to bolster the carriers claims.
The railroads, their spokesman contend, are seek
ing the increase without any thought of increasing
revenues sufficiently to fair return" The
higher freight charges are asked they explain to tide
the carriers over the depression to give them
enough to insure adequate transportation for the
country They do not seek, they declare, to escape
their share of public burdens.
This appears to be fair attitude but the car
riers must prove their case if they expect the inter
terstate commerce commission to approve the pro-
posed increase.
The commission and the public has understood
that if the railroads failed to get increased rates they
might economic by reducing working forces reducing
wages and reducing railway expenditures These
methods might temporarily increase earnings by de-
creasing expenses.
But none of these, and particularly the first two,
should be used.
Further reductions in working forces might be
brought about with ease and while wage cutting
would be difficult to attain, because federal
agencies concerned with railway pay scales would
be involved it might be resorted to.
But railroads evidently understand what a
rious blow to business would result from general
wage cuts.
And even if they do not succeed in getting the
freight rate increase the resourefulness of railroad
executives and their whole industry WILL hope be
turned toward finding other ways of meeting what
they call their revenue crisis than the disastrous way
of reducing the pay of their employees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
IT SEEMS TO ME BY HE EES32S

couraged by their sar1er' contempo-
raries. But they went right on
dreaming and working. For the
most part they died ingloriously,
without having seen the fruition Of
their hopes and dreams.
Are we forever to remain ma
ton deaf and blind to new ideas?
Mechanical progress can mean
nothing without spiritual accom-
paniment. Christ was executed be-
cause he protested against the po-
litical and social corruption Of his
day. His exhortations were aimed
at those who would keep his people
bound in the letters of lies and
superstitions.
If it were possible for Him to
walk on this earth today he would
find similar situation extant. And
if He attempted to correct it He
would perhaps be branded as a Red
by the D. A. r. and other organ
izations Of similar ilk. And no
doubt He would be cruciied all over
again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Ais Not Right

THEY do not recognize the fact
4 that corruption is rampant
within our major political organi-
cations; that our fate is in the
hands Of men many of whom would
have been considered traitors by
those early Americans whose mem
CRY they seek to keep alive.
Their motto. would seem to be
similar to that of the three little
monkeys: Hear no evil; see no evil;
speak no evil. Just wave the Stars
and Stripes and everything will be
all right"
What would have happened to
this country in 1776 if there had
been no courageous souls to protest
against the injustices Of the mother
countryP We'd still be paying taxes
on our tea and rising in salute for
God Save the Kingl"
1T is possible" says DR.. Bowie,
chat the man who disSentS from
the prevailing policies Of the world
ruling forces Of his time may be the
courageous and prophetic thinker
whose voice must be listened to if
we are to be governed not by in
ertia, but by intelligence"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
ANA<A AOO4 Lands

ONE Of the most impressive funerals held in this
~ country since the end of the World war occurred
In Logansport, Ind last Tuesday afternoon, when
Leonard Bremen, who served in the German army
during that war; was buried with all the honors of
war by the American Legion.
The Legion honored itself by giving to one of its
former foes the consideration it would have ex-
bred action the part of ex-service men will do
more to cover old wounds than all the polished over
lures of diplomats
The only redeeming feature of war is that after
the guns are silent the participants shake hands and
forget it. Had statesmen always shown the same
breadth Of mind that has characterized those who did
the fighting much Of the confusion Of the world
would have been avoided.
THIS fine spirit long has been manifest between
4 those who fought on opposite sides during our
Civil war. Last Memorial day We were informed that
an exConfederate soldier, living at Brook Ind always
had participated in the exercises with his old anago-
mist.
Most OF the trouble which followed Appomattox
due to impetuous politicians, north and south
little of it being due to the surviving passions of those
who had worn the blue and the gray. In fact the
late President Mckinley once said that all the post
war quarrels had been between those who never saw
a battle.
The spirit of comradeship manifests itself between
armies while the war is on It was a common
occurrence for Yank and Johnnies to carry mer-
chandiSing business the SIDE trading food for to-
bacco.
WE remember story once told by the late Gen.
w John B. Gordon of Georgia. It was when Grant
and Lee were at grips Virginia and the armies were
close together One night the Union army sang of
its war songs and the Confederates listened and re-
Piled by singing one of their war songs
This continued back and forth for some time. Then
from the northern army the song, Home
Sweet Home, and almost instantly the confederateS
took it up and both armies joined in singing the song
which expressed their common adherence of the
bloody business which separated Them from their
families.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
KING CHANGES NAME

July IL
ON July II, 1917, King George Of
~ England, at a meeting of the
prlvy council at st. James palace
announced that the name of his
royal house and family had been
changed from Saxe-Coburg and
Gotf1a to "the House of Windsor -
He also abolished the titles of
the princes of his family that bore
German names and substituted
British surnames.
Among those present at the his
torlc occasion included Premier
Lloyd George, Foreign Secretary
Balfour, the archbishop of Canter-
bury and ex-Premier Asquith.
The privy council unanimously
moorSed King Georges announce
ment, and the proclamation putting
1t into effect was published.
we out of our royal will and
authority do hereby declare and an
nounce that as from the date of
our royal proclamation our house
and family shall be styled and
known as the house and family of
Windsor, and that all descendants
in the male line Of our grandmoth-
er, Queen Victoria, who are SUBJ
jectS Of these realms, other than
the female descendants, who may
marry or who may have married,
shall bear the said name of Wind
Sor."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17

Exposure Cause of Kidney Ailment

form, due to the action Of some
poison or through by-products of
fever or to the toxins Of bacteria.
1t may also be present due to a
gradual breaking down of the kid
ney, in which case it is called
chronic nephritis, as it IS commonly
known, Bright'S disease. The disease
was named for Bright, an English
physician, who first classified it and
described its symptoms.
In the case of acute Inflammation
of the kidney, the control Of the
fever, the stopping of the drugs, the
elimination of the poisons of the
bacteria that caused the irritation
will bring about healing, provided
too much damage has not already
been done to the kidney.
If, however, the damage has been
too great, if the kidney has lost in
its functions, thereafter the person
suffers from chronic kidney disease.
Under such circumstances, great
care Is necessary in the diet, in ex-
erciSe, in the control of life gen.
orally in order to prevent further
damage and in order not to overtax
the weakened tissues.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
HEALTH SERVICE

| conditions are rare and not per-
manent.
The presence of albumin is de-
tected by a simple chemical test
The simplest test is to allow the
fluid to come into contact with con-
centrated nitric acid.
Under these circumstances a white
ring forms between the fluid and the
acid in case any albumin is present.
There are occasions, particularly in
cold weather, when the excreted
fluids seem cloudy, under which
circumstances the suspicion may
arise that albumin is present.
In such cases the warming of the
fluid or the addition of little
acetic acid will cause the develop
ment of a clear appearance. This
clearneSS does not occur If the
cloudiness is due to the presence of
albumin.
The presence Of albumin in the
urine, or so-called albuminuria, is
usually due to an Inflammation of
the kidney. This Inflammation of
the kidneys is called nephritis.
1t may be present in an acute
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Inventive Genius

TINE tabled inventor who con-
4 trived new kind Of folding
bed, got caught in it and died try
ing to contrive a way to get out,
typifies one phase of mechanical
progress.
A contraption is not necessarily
worth while because it is new or
ingenious.
Much talent has been squandered
on devices of death and destruc-
ton.
It's strange that we can see no
moral delinquency in this.
Condemning the author who
writes an obscene book, We glorify
the scientist who produces a poison
gas and yell for the government to
buy his patent rights.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Wage Cuts Are Costly

That wage cuts are poor economy is shown strik-
1ngly by the report Of an efficiency expert in the
current issue Of the Magazine of Wall Street.
After the cut was put into effect, he says at found
that the unit productivity of the plant consider
ably less than before. In other words, the wage cut
had increased the cost Of its output per unit because
the workers deliberately were loaf1ng on the job"
We believe that the efficiency engineer was telling
the truth but disagree with his Interpretation of the
reason for the decline in the workers pep and
When one is worried about the rent and the groc-
cry bills and the insurance has had to lag because
there was no money for the last premium, is it any
wonder that the morale drops?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Keeping Mum
WE have become liberal tows
Wv other things than dress a

WE have become liberal toward
wv other things than dress and
marriage.
The various rackets about which
we hear so much would not repre-
sent the problem they do without a
certain amount of popular back
ing.
Thousands upon thousands of
people must be paying tribute to
them, and not only paying tribute,
but Keeping quiet about it.
These people are afraid, no doubt,
now that they find themselves en-
meshed in the system, but some Of
them began by laughing at it, or by
imagining it was fine way to beat
this, or that regulation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
More Than Tolerance

.NNE would like to believe that
" our disrepect for law goes no
farther than tolerant attitude to-
ward bootlegging, or Indifference to
traffic rules, but too much is hap
peping in too many places.
Look at the New York investiga-
tons and what they are unearthing,
or at Chicago and the mess big
Bill" Thompson left behind, or at
Pittsburgh, with the mayor under
fire, or at Seattle, where a mayor
has just been recalled, not to men
ton innumerable smaller commune
ties where graft and corruption
have been disclosed.
Prohibition has played a major
role in this breakdown of morale,
and the out1awed liquor traffic has
furnished most of the cash.
But that doesn't complete the
story by any means.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Dangerous lows

VXTHEN all is said and done,
w however, this broadcast CEN
tered around dangerous toys which
we grown-up children employ in a
dangerous game.
Without submarines and the
tragedies to which they have led,
there would be little excuse for such
drama.
Without war, there would be little
excuse for submarines.
! In the end, We may learn some
thing of value from all the men
that have stifed, or drowned, and
from the devices by which we are
trying to prevent others from SUI
fering a similar fate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17

finally precious. There is much To
De learned, it seems to me, from
those men and women who have
stopped to think it over.
II the D. A. r. would give heed
to those whom they now class in
d1scriminately as Reds, it is possible
mat they might find another Wash
mgton' another Lincoln, or even
another Messiah.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Stop-Look-IistenI

CLAMOR still takes the place of
~ thought in our modern civiliza-
ton. We still are too prone to cry
Fanatic! Rebel! Hereto! when
some one has the temerity to rise
up and disagree with our established
customs.
In our rush to become the most
powerful nation in the world we
may be passing up something indie
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
By DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN,
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.


TNHE term "albuminuria" does not
Il describe a disease but symp-
tom. Whenever the kidneys fail to
function properly so far as relates
to the elimination of protein SUBJ
stances, some protein passes out of
the blood through the kidneys and
the excreted fluids.
Under normal conditions protein
does not appear, only water, salts
and various other waste products
being found in the fluid. There
are, of course, conditions in which
the body tissues in the urinary tract
itself are damaged and the by-prod-
uctS Of these tissues which might
appear in the fluid are also respon-
sible for the appearance of AL
bumin."
IN some cases exceedingly hard
muscular work, exposure to severe
cold, or overeating of meats may
temporarily result in the appear
ance of some albumin, but these
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Cheating the Public

MORALITY, as We call it, is a
1V1 curious thing.
There is one kind of literature for
science and another kind for pol
itics.
Men who wouldn't think of cheat
ing friend, or a business asSo-
cite, cheat the public without COM
junction.
Hush money, fee-slitting and
even bribery have come to play a
large part in our official life.
The saddest feature Of it is that
many of the men who are caught
look on it as Gust a case of hard
luck"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
And More Martyrs

1T is more than possible. It is a
Il notorious fact that most of our
progress has come about through
the work and sacrifice of far-seeing
individuals who were considered odd
creatures, the victims of a mild form
Of dernentia praecox.
They we're tolerated, but not en-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
M. E. Tracy
Condemning the Writer of
an Obscene Book, We
Glorify the Scientist Who
Produces q Poison Gas.
SAYS:

NEW YORK, July ibid you
~ hear the submarine broadcast
Thursday evening, with voices COM
ing from the mother ship Falcon,
the S-4 lying at the bottom in sixty
feet Of water and the Rescue Cham
Der as it went up and down.
Thirty minutes from start to fin
ish, and not a slip. The perform
ance was carefully staged, of course,
with a summer sea to help, but even
so it was marvellous.
More marvellous still is the fact
that we could sit in our homes and
hear it described by those actually
participating.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Daily Thought

1t is God that girdeth Inc with
strength, and maketh my way
perfect.-Psalms 1882.
So let 1t be in Gods own might
we grid us for the coming flight
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17

Those college men searching for mastodon remains
in Texas probably the only students who can roll
bones publicly and get away with it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17

ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those Of
one OF Americas most inter-
esting writer's and arc pre-
spted without regard 20 their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this Uaper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Antiquity

0NE of the most interesting re-
~ suits of modern historical re-
search is the proof Of how much
older the arts and sciences are than
was originally suspected.
Even the caveman has turned out
to be an artist Of the first rank,
decorating the walls Of his caves
with excellent and life-like drawings
Of animals.
The work of the Greeks in astron-
ony has been known to scientists
for many years.
Thales of Miletus, who lived from
$40 to 546 B. c., and who is usually
referred to as the father of Greek
astronomy, taught that the stars
shone by their own light, but that
the moon shone by reflected sun
light. He also taught that the earth
was a sphere.
Excellent astronomers among his
successors included Anaximander,
Anaxagoras, DemocrituS, Pythago-
ras, Melton and Eudoxus. Melton de-
veloped method of predicting
eclipses. EudoXus made the first at
temptS to explain the motions Of the
planets with the aid Of geometry.
Pythagoras, who lived from about
$50 to 497 B. c., enjoys the distinc-
ton of having been the first to sug-
geSt that the earth revolved around
the sun.
Scientists, knowing of these
Greeks, felt that they established
astronomy as a science. They felt
that the earlier cultures, the ChaI-
dean and Babylonian, were inter-
ested only in astrology, the attempt
to predict the future course of
events from the stars.
Despite the fact that it was known
that the Chaldeans had the ability
to predict eclipses, scientists did not
feel that they had made any great
progress in the science of astron-
omy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
1T9E D. A. r. and other

ME D. A. r. and other ferVent
l. self-appointed guardians of
the public safety are interesting ex-
anples Of the convenient device of
making clamor take the place Of
thought"
The quotation is from a sermon
delivered by the Rev. DR.. w. Rus
sell Bowie, rector of Grace Episco-
pal church. And I wish I had said
it. In that one, short, succinct sem
tence DR.. Bowie has diagnosed q
most serious malady.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17

The young astronomer who helped discover the
planet Pluto plans to enter college. He's one who
believes in hitching his wagon to star.