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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-14
Not in the Picture

A ND so am distressed at jour-
L n nalistic enterprise which makes
Mrs. James j. Walker a figure in
the city fracas. I have no means
of knowing whether this is her
idea, the notion of her husband or
merely some managing editors con-
ception of what the public ought to
have. Please let me cite little
from the lead editorial in the Daily
Mirror Of Wednesday:
CT love Jimmy and he loves me, F"
exclaims Mrs. Walker, smiling
through tears with a lift of her
little round chin. Those who seek
to ruin him will not succeed. I am
going to fight beside my man"
And, more particularly, allow me
to present the following paragraph:
ct doesn't make so much differ
ence whether Mayor Walker can
muster facts to disprove charges OF
incompetency and Indifference
brought by his political enemies as
does the simple fact that his wife's
faith in him remains mistaken by
cruel innuendo directed against his
domestic happiness and her own"
think it makes all the difference
in the world. AS far as I'm con-
cerned, the argument is the question
of whether Mayor Walker is effec-
tive in handling the complex bust
ness of this huge corporation known
as New York City
If Mrs. Walker happens to be a
close student of civic affairs her tes-
timony is just as relevant as that Of
any other voter, but can not con-
cede any political issue being built
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The Green Plant

THE scientist looks to catalysts
l. to bring about the revolution.
The catalyst has been defined as a
self-starter. In some way, it pro-
notes or starts up chemical reactions
which otherwise can not be carried
on without the expenditure of ire
mendous amounts of energy, usually
in the form of heat.
Nature still knows more about
catalystS than does man. a black
berry bush, growing on a hillside,
is a smarter chemist than any n1an=
kind yet has produced.
The bush, or any other green
plant, absorbs the carbon dioxide
Of the air and the water of the soil
and with the aid of sunlight puts
them together into the sugars and
Starches which are within its cells.
The energy for this chemical re-
action is the energy Of sunlight. But
the reaction is possible only in the
presence of a green coloring matter
in the plants cells. This green stuff,
known as chlorophyl. is a catalyst.
Sunlight is falling continuously
upon the earth's surface and largely
going to waste. In one second, the
amount Of energy which falls upon
square yard Of the earth's surface
is the equivalent of two-thirds of a
horse power.
Some day chemists hope to know
enough about catalysts to put that
wasted energy to work.
chemical reactions go on within
mans digestive system which are of
such nature that chemists can
reproduce them only with the aid of
tremendous amounts Of energy.
Undoubtedly, there are catalysts
IN the digestive juices which make
thess reactions possible with little.
energy
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judicial Incompetence

DUT may I call the attention Of
I'D the mayor to something which
does concern the average citizen?
Let him note down in his memory
book the name Of Magistrate Sab
batino.
1 am aware that the mayor has
the power of appointment, but not
Of removal. Still, it is not bad
idea for both officials and the public
to remember Sabbatino against the
day when his term has ended.
Sitting in court in Brooklyn, he
imposed thirty days in jail against
Bernard Rifkin, a young Socialist,
guilty of no crime save that of
protesting against the arrest Of a
companion who had been distribut-
ing Socialist literature in front of
Erasmus Hall Evening high school,
That the protest was not ILL
founded may be gathered from the
fact that Jesse Gross, the boy first
arrested, was discharged in the
magistrates court.
The complainant was Sylvester j.
MacNanara, principal of the school.
This city official also seems ripe for
public censure, since he stands ex-
posed as one who called in the
police to act upon a pretext both
frivolous and flimsy.
1t must seem harsh to blight a
boys career in school and outside
simply because he happens to be
a radical synapathizer.
incidentally, the magazine which
was being distributed contained an
article by this columnist. I think I
must admit that even in my warm
est writing moments have not vet
succeeded in achieving the dignity
Of becoming a menace to the youth
Of New York City.
Magistrate Sabbatino has erred
in previous cases. It was he who
once suggested that young Com
munists ought to be logged with a
cat O. nine tails.
And it is upon such magisteriaI
fervor that the police are melted
to rough handling of prisoners.
Magistrate Sabbatino refused to
take any notice of the fact that
both the Socialist youngsters
brought before him had been beaten
up in the police station after their
arrest.
fCopvrfohf 1921 bVy The -Tfv,,-t
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SCIENCE
Catalysts, or "Self-StarterS, !"
Are Expected to ReUolu-
tionize Future Industry.
nv DAVID DIETZ.

THE next age may be the age Of
i catalysts. Many scientists think
that the day will come when we viii
look back upon the machine age
with smiles.
We are proud today Of our huge
factories with their tall chimneys
belching smoke into the SKY. NO
doubt the mighty dinosaur. found
ering around in the swampS OF the
age Of reptiles was proud OF his
huge bulk.
Tiny mammals, so small that ne
could crush one beneath his pond
erous foot, must have excited his
mirth. But the day came when the
dinosaur disappeared from the face
Of the earth and the tiny mammal
took his place.
The chemist knows that our boast
ed efficiency Is ineficiency Of the
rankest sort. We are efficient up to
the extent of our knowledge, but
our ignorance still is abysmal.
The time is coming when we will
look back to ths present day as
sort of technical dark age. There
is something to think about when
ever you are inclined to puff up your
chest about the twentieth century.
And yet. it is not altogether fair
to say that. For scientists and en-
gineers have every right to be proud
Of the accomplishments of the first
three decades of this century.
The point wish to make is that
scientists and engineers look for
ward to advances Of such magnitude
that they will revolutionize present
industrial methods.
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CatalYStS Work
WHEN the chemist locks to the

WHEN the chemist locks to the
w future use of catalysts. he ia
not lndulglng in a dream. MANY
chemical processes now employ
catalysts. 0' :.
Ihese have sinplified old man
ufacturing processes and in MANY
cases made possible processes which
previously were impossible.
The manufacture of sulpturic acid
makes use of platinum as a cata-
lyst. The reaction by which sui.
p1ur dioxide is changed to SULPHUR
trloxlde in the manufacture of sui
phuric acid, is difficult reaction tn
carry on.
But it is easily carried out in the
presence of platinum. The plat
mum apparently does not enter the
reaction, or, if it does, it plays only
a temporary part in it. But never
theless, its presence supplies the en-
y1ronment in which the reaction can
take place.
Catalysts also play an important
role in the hydrogenation of fats
O4o C@n De MADE into fats by the
addition of hydrogen.
But under normal conditions. oils
Will not react with hydrogen. Nick
ell however, is the catalyst in this
case. In the presence of nickel the
oils and hydrogen react to form
solid fats.
Other processes in which catalysts
are used include the manufactures
OF ammonia, synthetic wood alco-
hol and acetic acid.
THESE successes have urged chem=
ISIS IN all parts of the world to at
tack the problems Of catalysts. And
they are the reasons that the chem-
ISL regards present methods as
makeshifts which, some day. must
give way to simpler and less expen-
sive ones.
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Ally HEALTH SERVICE

the eustachian tubes to the ear and
thus involves the maStoid process.
The constant inhalation of pus
may set up bronchitis or pneumo-
MIA. The continuous slight fever
results in a loss Of vigor and in
disturbances Of digestion.
There are even cases in which
loss Of memory or neurosis has
occurred because Of the constant in
lection and irritation.
1t has been well established that
an infection in the nose may be
carried by the blood to other parts
of the body, resulting in serious in
Examinations of joints, infection Of
heart and kidneys and even men
nights
In children, chronic infection Of
the sinuseS may be associated with
enlarged adenoids and tonsils. Re-
noval of the adenoids and tonsils
may eliminate the source of the in
lection and end the trouble
at the same time, it should be
emphasized again that correction Of
diet to include a proper amount Of
vitanlins AaB. G and D is of i'm
portance. 8
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Henry CHS
ham-Although John Henry CHS
ham was born on Oct. 10, 1904,
and Mrs. Clisham was born Oct.
u, 1904, he was horn first. Mrs.
Clisham, nee Peterman, was born
in Byron, Cal, $50 p. m. Wednes-
day, Oct. II. Mr.. Clisham was
bern in Sheffield, England, 1:45
a. m. Thursday, Oct. 10. The diff
ference in time between England
ard California is eight hours, and
at the time Mr. Clisham was
bern it was 5:25 p. m, Oct. IL, in
California. He therefore is 3 hours
and 5 minutes older than his
wife.
Wednesday-"The Largest Mouth
in the World"
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PASSING OF WAR LOAN
April Ia

ASOANO OE WAN LelAA
April IA
ON April IA, 1917, the house Of
~ representatives passed without
a single negative vote a bill to
finance the prosecution of the war
against Germany. Three days later
the senate passed the bill without
opposition.
The bill authorized the issuance
Of bonds TO the amount of IS 600
100000, Of which $4,000 o00,o 900 was
to be loaned to the nations COM
prising the entente alliance: also The
issuance Of treasury certificates for
$1,000, 100000 ultimately to be met
by increased taxation.
The bond issue as proposed was
the largest in the history of the
world.
Under the terms Of the bill. the
President and the secretary of the
treasury were TO be unhampered in
making a loan Of S3,O0o,0 600 goo to
the allies.
The obligations Of the foreign
countries were to be taken at par.
DID George Ariiss appear in the
role OF the father in Anna Christie
when Greta Carlo played the title
role?
George ArIiss did not appear in
the picture with Greta Carlo. The
role Of the father was played BY
George F. Marion.
Where are the eyes Of grasshop-
per located?
In its head
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1T SEEMS TO ME BY HE ESoES

morse. It never has been within
my plan or intention to go beyond
the political and economic field.
This rule is a sound one in re-
gard to all public men. Their
private lives, or lack Of them, are
immaterial. Indeed, on numerous
occasions I have been outraged
when some candidate was praised
by his partisans on the ground that
he was an excellent husband and
a good father.
At such times I have been tempted
to cast a protest vote against the
politician presented in this fashion.
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Following is the explanation of
RipIey's Believe 1t or Not" which
appeared in Mondays Times:
John II of Liechtenstein Was
the Only Taxpayer In His Coun-
try-Jolln II, ruler of Liechten-
stein "a European principality
situated between Austria and
SwitzerlandD was the only tax
payer in his country. In addition
to being the only sovereign in the
world to pay taxes to his subjects,
he established, a record for the
longest personal rule in history
seventy-one years, from 1858 to
1929.
During his lifetime he betrayed
the total cost Of running his little
principality out of an income de-
rived from one of the most vast
land holdings in Central Europe.
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Questions and
Answers

Who played the role Of Will Rog-
er's wife in the motion picture
Lightning"
Louise Dresser.
What was the strength Of the
regular army April /, 1911?
There ware 12l 1877 enlisted men
and 5,791 officers, making total
strength Of 1858.
What Is the plural of aIibi?
Alibies or alibiS.
Who gave the Statue of Liberty to
the United States?
1t was presented to the people OF
the United States by the people Of
France to commemorate the one
hundredth anniversary of American
independence.
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Injunction and Yellow Dog

Inc American Civil Liberties Union has organ
lied national committee to agitate for elimination
of abuses Of anti-labor injunctons and the yellow
dog" contracts. The committee is headed by former
Federal Judge Charles F. Andon, with DR.. Alex
ander Flesher as secretary.
1t has formulated model bill and is working for
its general adoption. The following informa ton sub
mitted by the Civil Liberties Union indicates the
promising progress to date:
The model state anti-njunction bill makes a
clear statement of the rights of labor which may
not be enjoned provides for hearings for both sides
before the granting of injunction, the outlawing
of yellowdog' contracts and the insuring of trials
by jury for conempts committed outside the presence
Of the court.
Its purpose is to limit the field of judicial inter-
ference in labor disputes and curta judge made law
1t will prevent equity from taking jurisdiction to de-
stroy labor rights to organize strike and picket.
1.-THE bill has been introduced in Kansas by vii.
liam Allen Whites son, Representative W. L. White.
In Maine, H. c. Woodside, secretary of the state
federation, has had the bill introduced. In Massa-
chusetts, the State Federation of Labor, through
Martin s. Joyce has introduced the bill.
In Minnesota, Legislative Representative Starkey
of the State Federation of Labor has had the bill
introduced In Missouri, Reuben T. Wood of the state
federation has had the bill introduced. In South
Dakota F. l.. Perty and T. Reese of the state fedora
ton have had the bill introduced In Tennessee,
with the aid Of John r. Neal and David Hanley, the
bill has been introduced
Strong efforts for introduction of the bill in New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wiscon-
sin being made and there is great likelihood Of
its successful introduction In New jersey the sup
porters working with Carl Holderman of the
Full-Fashioned Hosiery workers.
n 7 2 a11xy fl3ar toA
federation, is urging introduction of the bill He
has the active cooperation of Allen j. Harper secre-
tary of the Pennsylvania Civil Liberties Union. In
Texas Representative C. S. McCombs has written
that he will introduce it,
In Wisconsin, j. A. Padway general counsel for the
state federation, is submitting the bill to the egs-
lature. In New York, Assemblyman L, w Post will
introduce bill covering the anti-yellow- provi-
sion.
Introduction is likely in the Alabama and Georgia
legislatures, meeting in June In Alabama j. B.
Reeves secretary Of the state federation is urging
the introduction. In Georgia, L. H. Still and L. P
Marquardt of the state federation offer their CO.
operation
Paul Scharrenberg Of the California state fedora
ton has introduced two anti-injunction bills and
one antiyellow-dog bill Illinois has an ant-yellow-
dog bill. Oregon is amending its bill in accordance
with New York and Wisconsin legislation North
Dakota, Ohio and Oklahoma have anti-iniunction
laws"
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"oId Hoss'' Radbourne-Charles

"OId Hoss" Radbourne-Charles
Radbourne, one Of the greatest
pitchers in the history of base
ball, was the pitching champion
of the National League in 1884,
when he was with the Providence
team, the pennant winner of that
year. The 745 innings which he
pitched during the season com
prised seventy-two regular games,
three world series and five eX-
hibitiorS. In the same year he
established two worlds records
which still stand-p:tched TWEEN
ty-two consecutive games, and
won sixty of the seventy-two
regular games.
Reference: "All Sports Record
and History Book" by Frank G.
Menke.
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Natural Laws Ignored

MAUI al EQWS tStlOl CO
FOR a thousand years or more IN
Il dia has been victinized by the
Hindu Moslem conflict, has been
immobilized by the irreconcilability
of these two religions, and as a
consequence has fallen an easy prey
to outsiders.
The thought that India suddenly
could overcome such handicap and
emerge a happy, homogeneous ma
ton, If granted independence at this
time, was predicated on an utter dis
regard of natural laws.
Revolutions need the right kind
of background, not only for success,
but inception.
AS matter of record, very few
have occurred without the stage be-
ing set for years beforehand, and
without the prospect of being able
to retain many basic habits, Gus
toms and tendencies, no matter
how radically they seemed to
change things on the surface.
In this connection it is well to
remember that the way had been
prepared for Christianity by many
generations of disbelief in the old
polytheism, as we'll as by the adj
vent Of new and broader spiritual
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upon the precise extent of affection
existing between any officeholder
and his wife. I hereby move that
all such testimony should be at once
stricken out as incompetent, irrele-
want and none Of the public's bust
ness.
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Walter Winchell Of the Mirror
has sharp ear, which he keeps
close to the ground. And he re-
ports that popular approval is
swinging over cehind Mayor Walker.
He reports, 1.-THE shots of him in
the news reels arouse more sincere
handclapping than the President
enticos"
To me that seems rather faint
praise and a dubious compliment.
But Mr.. Winchell goes on to say
that at the theater the other night
when one of the actors remarked
that he thought Walker was out
front, the capacity audience broke
out into macnine-gu applause"
I do not cite the testimony Of
Mr.. Winchell with any intention Of
trying to break it down. think his
opinion is we'll founded. But the
issue between the average citizen
Of New York and the mayor will
not and should not be decided by
the mere pat-pat of hands in
Broadway playhouses.
Il II
Getting Outside the Issue
TT was inevitable that there should
L be some reaction after the first
assault, which more or less caught
both Jimmy and Tammany Hall off
guard. However, the charge has
recently been made that political
opponents of the mayor are de-
scending to snide stories having
nothing to do with his official life.
A little scandalous gossip has
crept into a few papers. Curiously
enough, one tabloid, which is dis
tinctly favorable to the mayor in
its editorial columns, has also been
the leader in spreading gossip about
eXtraneouS matters.
But the leaders of the city affairs
committee all have stated on sew
eral occasions that their case against
James Joseph Walker rests solely
upon his handling of city affairs.
Not one Of them has attempted to
take the battle beyond these borders.
They have no wish to invade the
private life of James ]. Walker.
On the contrary, they would in
crease it.
AS one who has written harshly
about Mayor Walker, I have moth
ing to retract and no cause for re-
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NJ. E. Tracy
The Whole CiUilized World Is
Far Too Ercited Over Mere
Theories.
SAYS:

NEW YORK, April AT have
4 tried my utmost for perma-
nent peace" signs Mahatma Can
dhi, "but I find nature against me. "
Though unexpected and shocking to
him, perhaps, the discovery is nei-
Their new nor original.
Nature is, and always has been,
against those who ignore her, who
believe that they can overthrow
tradition, habits, and tendencies by
the simple art Of proposing some
new scheme.
White, yellow, or black, human
beings still are 90 per cent creatures
Of the past.
Occasionally they appear able to
discard their inherited conceptions
and ideals, but never without a pro-
tracted struggle, or with such thor
oughness as superficial thinkers
would like to believe.
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Ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter
estins writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this Daner--The Editor.
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Way Paved for Soviet

w u ! CN w WI Wv
60, too, the way was prepared for
- Bolshevism by thousands upon
thousands of cooperative societies,
by a system of land tenure which
virtually eliminated ownership of
private property among poor peo-
pie, and by type of village gov
eminent which could be incorpor-
ated into the new order with ease.
Astonishmeet at the rapidity and
completeness with which Russia
appears to have changed at the
top is due largely to ignorance of
conditions at the bottom.
Outsiders persist in trying to
measure Bolshevisn, both as to
cause and effect, by conditions
which prevail in their own coun-
tries and with which they are
familiar. That more than anything
else is responsible for most of the
silly explanations and alarms.
Because he understands the Rus
sian background and is acquainted
with the capitaH5tic system, it is
only natural that Leon Trotski
should write one of the most intel
ligent articles on Russia, especially
in regard to the f1ve-year plan and
it's probable effect on world eco
Monies, that yet has appeared.
Trotski says that the f1ve-year
plan will succeed, but that it will
not result in any such dumping Of
cheap goods as is being predicted.
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BIZ DIX. MORRIS EIShBElN,
Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
A PERSON with chronic infec-
"A ton Of the sinuses is likely
to wonder what the possibilities are
for his relief. DR.. Lee NJ. Hurd is
convinced that people with chronic
sinusitis never recover without
treatment.
Many Of them have low-grade
infections in which surgical treat
ment is not advisable, and these
patients can be helped by drainage.
frequent washing, and application
Of various antiseptic substances.
In other cases, however, the in
lection Of the sinus persists to such
extent that it involves danger to
surrounding tissues.
Cases are known in which the
sight Of an eye has been lost be-
cause Of infection in a neighboring
sinus. There are other instances
in which the injection extends from
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school for politicians has been opened in Madrid
Would you call this extending the toreadors art to
the classroom?
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If the old expression "in numbers there is safety
were infalible, license plates never would be give
motorists
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EYnitnd Over Thnnrine

Excited over hG0ri0S
Il EXPLAINING that, in spite of all
II the progress, Russia's total ex-
ports now amount to only IL per
cent Of international trade, he de-
sires to know how fast and how far
Russia will have to go to become a
menace.
1t wouldn't do any harm ii more
Americans displayed similar good
sense in discussing their problems,
not to mention people Of other
nations.
If anything, the whole civilized
world is too excited over theories
and too inclined to exaggerate the
meaning of changes.
Headlines suggest amazement at
the republican victory in Spain,
yet it has been in the making for
fifty years and was bound to come,
sooner or later.
The general inability to recognize
great movements until the hour of
their triumph is exceeded only by
the dUrnbness which causes so many
Of us to accept every kind of Wild
eyed theory or new-fangled preach
ment as portending profound
change