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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
A Better World

IN connection WIN GIle announce
Il ment of the meeting, DR.. Der
cum issued the following statement;
1.-The object Of the discussion will
be to endeavor to chart the course
Of progress. If ever the world
needed an Aristotle, "a collective in
telligence to develop method by
which the population Of the globe
best can be sustained in health,
comfort and dignity; to organize the
world for better advantage Of the
race it is now.
1.-THE American Philosophical So
ciety, ever since 1927, when it was
founded by Benjamin Franklin for
the promotion Of useful knowledge,
has been, in effect, collective in
telligence.
Nov, by symposia and synthesis,
the society intends to enlarge its
program in the hope that its lead
ership may be an inspiration and,
in some measure, a guide to man
kind advancing.
Every branch of human knowi-
edge is represented in this oldest
learned society In America and we
believe we can be of untold service
to humanity If we will accept the
responsibility for leadership and
guidance which is our inheritance.
"The problem of the man on the
street Is our problem. In fact, 1t Is
our continuing program and we
hope by calling responsible leaders
to a study Of the changing world
we can help to make this world a.
better place in which to i've"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Location of Pain Often Deceptive

infection may on occasion manifest
itself in a severe form Of appendi-
citis.
On the other hand, it is quite pos
sible that a severe rheumatic infec-
ton of the hip joint may cause pains
which are much like those occur
ring in appendicitis.
Sir James Mackenzie, noted Brit
ish investigator Of diseases of the
heart, emphasized repeatedly the
importnce of detecting the earliest
possible symptoms Of disease in order
to accomplish everything possible fol
its prevention and control.
1t would seem to be especially i'm
portant that children who complain
of severe abdominal pain, with but
slight fever and with but little other
noticeable cause for the pain, be
watched more carefully thereafter
for the earliest signs of rheumatic
conditions, particularly those affect
ing the heart.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04

UNDOUBTEDLY it is fitting and
" proper that General Smedley
Butler should he court-nlartialed
upon the charge that he made re-
marks against Premier Mussolini.
think that many of us are de-
lighted when anybody says anything
against Mussolini. I know I am.
And, no matter what General
Butler said, if anything, it hardly
can have been too strong.
But it is not a good idea that a
ranking officer of the marines pub
licly should indulge himself in the
pleasure of criticising the head Of a
friendly power.
Under such circumstances it is
inevitable that an impression might
gain ground that his censures had
some official color. Any such I'M
authorized assertions are likely 20
stir up i'll will both here and abroad.
And yet I hope that the officers
trial will be conducted on the broad
est possible basis. Out of it might
well come an understanding that
major generals and adnirals are
not to make any speeches at all.
Next to our joining the league Of
nations, I can think Of no step
more calculated to further world
peace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
Court-Marial2

DUT hope that the issue will not
IL rest upon Mussolini's personal
feelings in the matter. Indeed,
would like to see test case made.
Let some other major general ap-
pear at a great function and declare
in ringing tones that Mussoljnt Is
the protector Of the poor, one Of ma
lures noble men, and the most
astute leader known in Europe with
in our day.
Then we could have a double
court-martial. The officer who
praised Mussolini ought to be sub
ject to rebuke just as much as one
who ran him down.
Certainly senli-official praise Of
the Duce would be highly offensive
to millions Of American citizens in
good standing and an equal num-
Der Of Italians in very bad standing.
The understanding ought to be
that the fault lay in mentioning
MussoIini at all.
And if Smedley Butler is found
guilty of saying the things attrib-
uted to him, I know a great many
Americans who would like to mark
the event with another dinner at
which all the doors will be locked
and he can talk about Italy's ruler
to his hearts content.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
Do It in Bic WAY

EORTY thousand out of work, &C
4 cording to latest survey, but
San Francisco is facing the stu
alton the same way she has faced
other and worse situations.
Next Friday the city will vote on
bond issues to the extent Of ST.
100000 with which it is hoped to
provide employment for many Of
the jobless.
That is one-tenth the amount
over which the United States SEN
ate has been steWing for weeks,
without getting anywhere.
Just to prove that everything has
not gone to pot, the annual auto
show now in progress here reports
a record breaking business, while
the San Francisco News declares
that, hard as times may be, they
have not been hard enough yet to
slow down the operation of dives
and gambling dens very much.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
One Needed Law

Let it be hoped that in the great mass OF
{ proposed legislation the proposal for the right
Of municipal ownership Of street car or other
city transportation will not be lost to the at
tention of the lawmakers.
This city needs such law. 1t should be
used in order that the people, and all future
generations, may have transportation sys-
tenn without paying tribute to private owners.
This law, even if the city be not now
ready for this STEP will serve the useful pur-
pose of making the present or prospective
owners more reasonable in their attitude
toward the public.
The utilities of the state will, Of course,
object to such a measure and thus far in the
legislative session there has been peculiarly
protective attitude toward these interests.
But perhaps the Indianapolis legislators, II
they present a solid front, can succeed IN
passing a law that should make history.
The utilities particularly object to mu-
nicipal ownership of any kind. The habit
might grow until the people own their cleo
trio lights and gas and water and telephone
industries and the rich profits that now go
to holding companies of these concerns
would be kept in the pockets of the people.
This law for indianapolis prepares the
way for tomorrow for this city. 1t will
pave the way for the big dream of George
Marott for city of million human beings
who will ride on modern BUSES instead of on
stuffy cars
Some one, representing the city, should
see that interest in this measure does not
vac and that delay does not strange its
finances Of passage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

conditions in which the first symp-
toms of Importance were related to
the abdomen rather than to the
joints or to the heart, as quite COM
monty is expected.
Thus in four cases concerning
boys and girls between 9 and 10,
the first symptoms of rheumatic
fever were severe abdominal pain,
vomiting and diarrhea, followed
within a few months by the de-
velopment of murmur in the heart
and later by pains in the limbs and
all symptoms Of acute rheumatism.
A study of medical literature re-
veals that these symptoms have been
described by medical investigators
as far back as 1855 and that Sc
ries OF studies of these symptoms
was made in 1884 by several physi-
clans.
Sometimes the pains are related
particularly to the appendix, and it
seems possible that the rheumatic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
Questions and
Answers

How was the sealing of tombs
mentioned in the New Testament,
accomplished?
They were closed by a stone
placed across the entrance and held
in place by ropes across the front,
and we're sealed with clay which
was sometimes stamped with the
Official seal Of the governor or other
officer.
What Is the nationality Of Sax
Rahmer?
He is an Englishman, born in Biz
mingham, England, and educated at
Kings college, Oxford.
Who impersonated George Wash
ington in D. w. Griffith's photoplay
"America?"
Arthur Dewey.
How long was the biblical cubit?
It was the distance from the ell
bow to the tip Of the middle finger,
usually estimated ut u to q inches.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04

from all parts OF the country. Yet all OF them say
the same thing-beware!
If the cash bonus proposal would stimulate busi-
ness permanently, its advocates claim would not
these banking and business leaders be fools to
oppose it?
These banking and business leaders just have gone
through disastrous period of national speculation
which resulted in the worst panic and depression the
that unhealthy condition. than 100000 Amer
lean workers Understanding far more than the
bankers and business leaders.
But apparently many unemployed veterans have
not learned the lesson of the last initiation and pres
ent depression They think that another sudden in
fation, throwing s3,4o0,OO0,oOO of bonus cash into
circulation, would revive prosperity.
The bankers and business leaders know that sud-
den initiation would end after few months in worse
depression
The country simply not stand at this time
any more financial sprees, any more get-rch- quick
morphine
The country must return to sober industrial health
That return to prosperity not be achieved by a
huge federal bonus bond issue, which would dry up
the capital streams needed for industrial revival and
private construction projects.
The serious fall in the government bond market
and consequent decline of private bonds, is a prac-
tical danger signal to those who refuse to listen to
the warnings of the business experts
What value will a cash bonus of few hundred
dollars be to an unemployed veterans family, if
thereby the business depression is prolonged and the
chance of getting job this spring is lostP
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
Peoples Voice

Editor Tirnes-I wish to comment
on non-taxable property kept hid
den or covered up by lodges and
churches. This is not right. If an
organization is not able to pay tax
on its property it would be better
not to own it.
A county assessor made the state
ment to me that 1 would be sur
prised at the amount Of property
that is kept from taxation because
it is controlled by some church or
fraternal organization. I believe in
treating all alike, taxing all prop
erty not owned by the state and
used for state purposes.
I would say tax all church prop
erty, whether it is for church or
school purposes, all fraternal orga-
nizations, all independent schools
and universities; in short, every
thing not used by the state for the
benefit Of the state.
1 have known Of this outrage for
ulOIG GIld1 4l1Dy years, olI0 Willie ~
would put property on the tax list
that is not there now, it would tend
to lower the rate on other property,
thereby -benefting those not allied
with these other societies.
The way it is now, it seems to me
that some people are paying for
something in which they have no
part. JOHN E. BAYLESS.
Editor Tines-I have read your
latest "bunk" about the city detec-
tive departments cruelty to prison.
ers.
Why don't you print the letters Of
those who have some knowledge Of
the methods used by the detectives
in obtaining confessions?
It Just has occurred to me that
you might be willing to buy my
shares in the Soldiers and Sailors
monument. I'll sell 'enl cheap. Fifty
dollars each. Wadda yuh say, boy.
q PAUL A. TAYLOR
go Noasa Chester Etreets
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
. u \ CnN nv FREDERICK
AN4%A AO\/4 lands

A CCORDING to the papers, most of these people In
the southwest who in need of relief have
large families, with more expected.
But then if the poor Americans did not have chill
dren, this country would soon be Europeanized
Mahatma Gandhi declares he won't make up with
John Bull until the question of SALT cloth and liquor
is settled.
We're all right in America as regards salt and cloth
but were in terrible shape about liquor.
If you should ask us hot off the bat to name one
thing that makes Communists should say it is for
those who willing to work. but can't get Jobs to
pick up the papers and read that a certain motion
picture actress gets $500 hour.
THIS fox TERROR that received all the sausage he
could eat for saving the town of Cedarvile KAN
from burning doubtless appreciated that recognition
the medal which the members of his regiment hung
round his neck.
With dog, it's what goes inside the neck that
counts
A rich New York girl marries a Russian prince,
which is about the last word in wastefulness.
Our golden girls are not wearing foreign princes
as they did once; they're wearing American foxes
which are decided improvement.
An eastern traffic authority suggests that automo-
bles be provided with COW catchers to protect jay
walkers. They dop't need COW catchers; they need
nut baskets.
IT'S great joke to read that British naval officer
L actually suggested using sea lions to spot German
subs during the war.
But it's hardly foolish than the refusal Of the
British army to tanks until Winston Churchill
civilian, finally compelled it.
General Pershing declares that he did not say: La
fayette, are herel"
But he overlooked the opportunity of his life when
he didn't say it
=
Forty Chicago schools have forbidden gum schewing
we could only harness the erergy Of gum chewers
y would put the power trust ous OF business
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
IT SEEMS TO ME BY HB BE0SS

thing Of that type. He believes that
crisis such as the present should
be take ncare Of by states or by
committees and by voluntary offer.
ings through quasi-public organiza-
tons or relief committees such as
now are dealing with unemploy-
ment in many cities"
do not see why the President
or anybody else should strain at a
dole and swallow drive. A COM
munity chest or a campaign for
contributions to the Red Cross is
in a peculiarly acute way a system
of dole.
Copyright. 1881, by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
Dollars Loss
7 AM willing to grant that the

T AM willing to grant that the
cash bonus plan for veterans
presents a complicated financial
program and that the objections Of
Secretary Mellon deserve an at
tentive ear.
But I would pay no attention at
all to the words of those, including
Calvin Coolidge, who take the posi-
ton that what the boys did was so
priceless that it is shocking even to
consider rewarding them in sordid
money.
In the words of H. I. Phillips,
The delicatessen dealers had a
word for it,
It is palpable nonsense to say to
a jobless veteran that you appreci-
ate his sacrifice too much to let
him degrade himself by accepting
dollars. I can't quite understand
how he is elevated by apples.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
Shall We Be Cheats?

XXTHAT worries me and, I be-
w Ieve, what worries millions
Of other parents, Is the utter i'm
possibility of teaching children COM
mon honesty, much less respect Tor
law, under such circumstances.
How can we reconcile what is
going on with the elemental prin-
ciples of truth or patriotism?
How can we train our sons and
daughters to regard the Constitu-
ton as important, or understand,
that it is wrong to play the hypo-
critic?
This problem has passed beyond
the question of what we can afford
to do politically. Even from a
moral standpoint, it has ceased to
center around the drink habit.
What it calls upon us to decide
now is whether we shall readopt
sincerity as the greatest Of all vir-
tues, or go on breeding a race Of
liars and cheats.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04

but unfortunately it is impossible to
disassociate these opinions from the
military or naval office which they
hold.
Possibly it might be expedient for
Smedley Butler to wear upon his
head, for after dinner purposes, a
small placard reading eft Seems to
me- with the attendant explana-
ton, ideas expressed by this gen.
eral are presented without regard to
their agreement or disagreement
with the official attitude of the state
department"
Failing such device, it seems ez-
pedient that Butler and the rest
should remain tight-Ipped in public,
even though they turn purple and
explode under this inhibiting
torture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
SAYS

There Mag Be Really DRY
Spots in This Arid Land OF
Ours, but I Haze Failed to
See One Bet1Ceen the Taco
Oceans.
GAN FRANCISCO, Feb. Across
- the bay to Frisco in the early
evening. which is trip no one can
make without getting a big kick cut
of it, no matter how many times
he has made it before.
Same old ferryboatS, same old
Market street, same old Chinatown,
same old skyline, with just enough
new buildings for an argument.
An American city with a distinct
oriental flavor, built partly by
priests, partly by gamblers, and
partly by vigilantes, its Spanish
traditions unspoiled by twentieth
century jazz, its extreme modern
ism enriched, rather than handi-
capped, by a cosmopolitan spirit
there never was and there probably
never will be another San Fran
cisco.
Only when you get to talking
about the eighteenth amendment,
the racket, or the depression do you
sense the predominating influence
of those wiSecracks and platitudes
which are characteristic of your
Uncle Samuel.
With regard to hooch, skyscrapers,
breadlines and Rudy Vallee, this is
just another Boston, Cleveland or
st. Louis. But with regard to most
everything else, it is different.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
Goal of Science

A GROUP OF Americas best
IN known scientists will take part
in the discussion. Some Of the
separate topics for the first section,
it is announced, will include the
following:
1.-THE Astronomers Goal" THE
Assault on Atoms and Molecules"
Hopes in the Biological Sciences,
"Lengthening the Span Of Life" and
Technology and Material Prog
ress.''
In Section these subjects will be
presented: Society and the Ma
chine Age" Communications and
World Peace" Unemployment and
Its Social Consequences" Thou
Shalt Not" a discussion Of crime
and the law, and Scientific Knowl-
edge and Human Conduct"
These two sections are intended to
lead to conclusions in the third
section, the synthesis, with THE
Promise Of Science" and Whittier
Mankind?" discussed by leading
philosophers in both the natural and
social sciences.
Presentation of papers will be
limited to thirty minutes each and
the sessions, open to the public, will
be in the historic hall of the So
ciety, which was erected on In
dependence square, Philadelphia,
the year George Washington was
inaugurated first President Of the
United States.
Plans are being made to have
the more popular papers which
make up the program presented TO
the public by means Of radio, and
it is likely that all the papers will
be made available to the inter
ested public in book form as soon
as possible after the meeting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
SCIENCE
Scientists WI Attempt to
Chart the Progress of Man
by DAVID DIETZ-

Scientists WI Attempt to
Chart the Progress of Man
kind at F.. Philadelphia Con-
Uention.
Chemists will pause in their
~ researches long enough to take
stock of what they have been doing
to the world when the American
Philosophical Society holds its an
nual meeting in Philadelphia ca
April %. "a and Is.
The meeting will be the society's
204th session. For the group,
whose membership includes Amer
ica's most distinguished scientists.
is older than the American re-
public. It was founded by Benja-
min Franklin and has been meet
ing annually in Philadelphia ever
since.
At this years meeting an attempt
will be made to chart the course Of
the advance OF mankind, according
to DR.. Francis x. Dercum. dis
tinguished president of the society.
The Changing World" will be the
general topic for one days discus
sion during the three-day meeting.
This discussion will be divided into
three sections: First, Tendencies
in the Natural Sciences; second.
Tendencies in the Field Of the
Social Sciences" and third. THE
Changing World, Synthesis- I"
The plan indicates that the So
ciety is concerned with the fact
which has been noted generally,
namely, that scientific discoveries
react upon the social environment,
and that as a result a new kind Of
world is coming into existence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
Charity HereSy

COMETHING of the same heresy
- is present in the Red Cross
fight. In Washington dispatch I
see President Hoover's opposition to
the congressional appropriation ex-
planned as follows: Mr.. Hoover
bases his opposition to the appro-
priation mainly upon the grounds
that it savors Of tie dole.
&c Is strongly opposed 70 any
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04

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 paper.--The Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
Another Spree?

Almost unanimously the bankers. business leaders
and financial experts have testified that the proposed
cash payment Of veterans bonus certificates would
cripple government finances close banks and prolong
the business depression.
Such unanimity can not be ignored with safety
Those experts come from both political palaes and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia. the Health


Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
THE human body is a con1pli-
Il Gated mechanism through
which the blood circulates.
The nervous system is co-ordi-
mated through the spinal cord and
the brain. Hence a pain in one
part of the body may be the mani
festation of something seriously
wrong in some other part, exactly
as bell ringing on the second floor
of a house may indicate that a bur-
glar is trying to enter a basement
window.
In a recent survey of the general
subject of rheumatism, DR.. j. j. j.
Giraldi, associated with a center for
research in diseases of the heart in
Bristol, England, describes large
number Of cases of acute rheumatic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
AL Capone Bobs Up

OUCH condition is not peculiar to
~ San Francisco, or even the west
coast.
The railroads may have suffered
20 per cent slump, grains may be
low, and copper may be finding it
very difficult to come back, but the
big boys in every line of questionable
traffic appear to be doing as well as
usual, if not a little better.
From sources ordinarily con-
sidered reliable, we learn that Mr.. Al
Capone contenplates taking over
the Hollywood beer trade and, if the
venture proves satisfactory, that he
may extend operations to include
Los Angeles and San Pedro.
That's news which should make
Chicago and Miami look to their
laurels, though for some curious
reason, it does not seem to have
increased the gloom hereebouts.
One would like to believe that San
Francisco refuses to begrudge Los
Angeles the prospect of Mr.. Capone
becoming one of her first citizens on
purely moral grounds, but the
chances are that content with the
local management offers a more
genuine explanation of her attitude.