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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17
Where Courage Stops

n EFT us suppose a case, not of the
L. queer, exceptional sort, but one
Of thousands. Let us suppose that
an old man, or woman, is dying in
some home; that he or she is being
slowly, relentleSsly done to death
by some painful, ineurable malady,
such as cancer, that there is moth
ing ahead but so many weeks, or
months or hopeless suffering.
Have we reached the point where
we can be as kind to that victim
as we can to a snake? Have we
the courage to be merciful?
We do not dare to interfere with
nature, in certain forms of human
distress, and rightly so. If we let
down the bars, all kinds of crime
would follow, and we know it.
We are compelled to tolerate the
cruelty to keep decent, or maintain
the right emotional balance. We
could not afford to permit people
to say when case of sickness is
incurable. We realize the risk of
passing laws which would condone
mercy murders.
If it is necessary to let nature
take her course with men, why not
with spiders and snakes, especially
under circumstances which give sci
entists opportunity to learn?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17

UNLESS all indications fail,
" Franklin D. Roosevelt will be
the next President.
Maine may not be the most pre-
else of barometers, but the swing
is too sensational to be anything but
significant.
With Roosevelt practically assured
of success, I hope that the old don't
throw away your vote slogan will
lose it's force. Mr.. Hoover can't
profit by your ballot, and Governor
Roosevelt doesn't need 1t.
So this is an excellent year in
which to let your conscience be your
guide.
To my mind, the really signif1-
cant phase of the election will be
the contest between Norman Thorn
as and William z. Foster. Neither
the Communist nor the Socialist
candidate has a chance to carry a
single state.
I think that Mr.. Thomas will
probably poll new high for his
party, but a million votes will be
sufficient to do that. Two million
votes is a possible figure, but it
would be surprising. The Commun-
ist total is almost certain to be much
less.
But these two minority parties
will be the major political factors
within a decade or sooner. This
seems to me inevitable, since it has
become the pattern of all the other
nations Of the world.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17

About ten years ago Herbert Clark Hoover put
down his basic social economic and political beliefs
In little book entitled american Indvidualism."
1t one of the most reverent and naive eulogies
of the doctrine of economic anarchy published
1t contained the customary Pollyanna optimism. 1t
attributed temporary prosperity to the cut-hroat
practices Of individualism, though 1t really has grown
up out Of the exploitation Of inventors and the re-
sources of a great continent
Those who think this little harsh on the Great
Engineer may purchase this book from Doubleday &
Doran and satisfy themselves on the issue.
Now President Walter Friar Dexter Of Whittier
college, Quaker institution comes forward with
work on Herbert Hoover and American Individual
ism" This quotes extensively from Mr. Hoover's
book and adds thick ring of honey to Dr. Dexter's
own concocting
At times one may have his doubts about the pro-
prety Of the undertaking books which recently have
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17
Just Every Day Sense
XXTAsHINGToN MERRY GO ROUND" and its
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

"XXTASHINGTON MERRY-GO ROUND" and it's
w companion volume, More Merry Co. Round -
have stirred up another rnpus. Yet no less critic
than Harry Elmer Barnes says of them: IF every
college student could have these books placed in his
hands as a foundation course in American federal
government, interest in the political scene would in
crease by several hundred per cent"
There are many people, I feel sure who will dis
agree with his opinion. Those, for instance who
fondly believe that every great in history prior
to this generation was completely virtuouS person
and that everyone elected or appointed to Office i'm
medately sheds his frailties and becomes plaster
saint
People, in short, who would make tin gods of
human men,
A great deal of our unwisdom in government has
come from this custom of comforting halos upon Of
hce-holders just as sorrows came to the serfs who
conferred the divine right of kings upon their mon
archs.
Not that do not believe in giving honor where
honor is due The man who merits it should be given
nnStnted praise There have been there still are in
the United States many upright men and women
who have held and are holding public Office.
OUT so long as men err, governments can not be
- perfect. And more important still, so long as
those VINO are governed not permitted to crticise
those who govern them, we may expect tyrannies
The average citizen must conduct himself well be-
lore his neighbors ere he gains their respect. The
oInce-noioer, from city councilman to President,
should expect no more favors
And the most harmful thing American educators
have done in the past was to teach that everv act
OF the United States government. from Bunker Hill
to the B. F. rout, has been wise Just and righteous
The credulouS voter always is nearly the stl1pid
voter. And the majority Of people can recognize
malicious gossip when they meet it. They are apt to
give their sympathy and their votes to any malgned
man.
But they deserve to have the truth about public
Only when truth prevails can the great as well as
the common man hope for justice
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17
Making Martyrs

Those who fear the growth of Communism well
may view with alarm the tendency to prosecute the
Communists and especially to deny them freedom to
campaign Nothing helps on cause like persecution
and martyrdom.
Candidate Foster has been arrested and manhan-
died several times during the present campaign Now
IN Northampton Mass. home of the Sage Himself, a
Communist campaign meeting was denied the right
to assemble in private hall
One well may remind the mayor Of Northampton
OF Calvin Cooidge's observation before the
American Legion: only by the clash of ideas can
progress be achieved"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17
Sheep and Goats.

TINE Communist party, OF course,
Il will split as it gathers strength
into its radical and Fascist elements.
Just now it has seized the OPP
portunity to play both sides of the
street and on Wednesday breaches
the soldiers bonus and on Thursdays
the foundation of a classics society.
It is little like offering a ticket Of
Stain and Hitler. After all, it is
hardly possible to do away with the
economic caste system by setting up
a new autocracy Of veterans as a
cornerstone in the proposed edifice.
I am a little surprised to find
certain bright young men among the
literati announcing their intention
to support Foster and Ford as a
protest" In the list I find such
useful citizens as Sherwood Ander-
son and Sydney Howard.
OF course, the explanation lies in
the fact that these bright young
men are rather more impulsive than
observant. I think they might be
a little embarrassed to explain just
what it is against which they wish
to protest.
If they desire to indicate their OPP
position to the rule Of Mr.. Hoover.
the Communist ticket is hardly the
logical repository for their ballots.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

piece of roast beef and a small
baked potato.
One of the most interesting obser-
vationS made by coach was the
desirability of carrying along car
boys of the water which the men
were accustomed to drinking, rather
than permit the men to take water
in a strange town different from
what they we're used to, sometimes
heavily chlorinated and sometimes
containing minerals which did not
agree with the players.
The great Napoleon said that the
army marched on its stomach. 1t
is equally true that a football team
depends on its feet.
1t is, therefore, necessary to take
care promptly of every blister, of
every spot of irritation that is like
ly to become a blister, and GER
tainly of every bruise and infec-
ton.
Bruises are controlled best by
the application of heat. Infections
demand medical attention.
Proper medical attention involves
getting rid of the infected matter
and applying antiseptics and protec-
ton to encourage healing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17
No Gap Permitted

CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, with
~ more than 5000 pages an
nually. over 1000 of which are de-
voted to author, subject and formula
indexes to the abstracts. and with
its more than $4,000 abstracts each
year, is permanent as well as COM
plete record of the advance Of
chemistry. -
Such record is useful for many
years." Professor Crane says. THE
work of today must be well done
because of its influence over a long
indefinite period into the future.
1.-The American Chemical Society
is not permitting a gap or weak
link to occur in this record, even
though chemical research continues
so active at time when curtail-
ment is the general tendency all
over the world.
Maintenance of this record is a
work which can not be allowed to
fuctuate with the trend of eco
nomic> cycles, for it is on the basis
OF the chemical information thus
assembled and made readily avail
able thaa the effective research Is
possible and repetition of effort
minimized.
In the scientific and industrial
age in which we live the great fac
tor for progress is research.
"Of all of the research mans
tools, the most essential and most
useful Is the record of what other
scientists have done and are doing.
The maintenance of Chemical Alb
stracts in unimpaired form by the
American Chemical Society is a
service Of first Importance to this
country"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17
M TO-DAY SO
W IS THE SH
Z WORLD WAR \
ANNIVERSARY
&N9 'ozFASN
FRENCH VILLAGES BURNED

'NN Sept. II, 1918, Germans
" burned French villages along
the Moselle as American and French
forces advanced. Allied artillery re-
taliated by Smelling the fortress of
Metz.
American forces in Lorraine adj
vanced on a front of five miles in
one of the first offensives in that
sector in many months. Their prog
ress was difficult, because of the
rough country.
Allied troops continued their VIC
toriouS progress in the offensive
against Bulgaria, taking many
towns and thousands of prisoners
The flank of the first Bulgarian
army was turned and it was forced
to begin a retreat into its own ter
ritory.
In a curt note, the United States
rejected the Austrian proposal for a
peace conference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17
Figures Encouraging

DROFESSOR CRANE and his as
l. Sociates found that they had to
work harder to keep up with chem
istry during the first half of 1892
than they did during the same
period in 1881.
During the first half of 1892,
Chemical Abstracts published 81
440 abstracts, representing virtually
an equal number of reports on ex-
perimental Investigations which
we're wholly chemical or had
chemical bearing" he says. The
corresponding figures for the first
half of 1881 were 27,529.
Chemical Abstracts possesses de-
finite significance as a measure of
chemical research activity" Prof.
Crane continued, because of the
emphasis placed on completeness.
1T is reassuring to know that at
no time during the depression did
science and industry despair"
The American Chemical Societys
editorial Office" he added, lis hav-
ing a strenuous time these days in
keeping pace with this activity.
There is no sign of abatement in
chemical research on account of
economic conditions. Specific re-
search projects here and there no
doubt have been curtailed, but
survey of the general situation
throughout the world shows that
chemical Investigations are increas-
ing in number.
THE university graduate schools
also have been crowded during the
last school year, more so than ever
before, and much published scien=
'tific investigational work is done by
the hands of graduate students
under the direction of their teachc
erS"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17

it seems time for a remedy in some
other form.
Although hundreds Of economists
Of the country insisted that the
Hawley-Smoot bill should not be
passed, men like Senator Watson,
Secretary Mellon and others of the
old guard, through their influence
and leadership, convinced the SEN
ate and President Hoover that it
was the only safeguard for working
men and farmers of the United
States. To the contrary, wages
have become lower and farm prod
ucts have declined steadily in price
until they are unable to pay taxes.
Senator Watson told us soon after
this bill was passed, BY next Oc-
tober we hardly will know we have
been through depression" I agree
with the senator-by the next Oc-
tober We did not know we we're
through the depression, and now al
most one year hence we still are I'M
aware Of it.
Senator Watson is brilliant man,
and a smooth politician, but 1 do
not believe him to be a true repre-
sentative of the working man and
common people of Indiana. 1t has
not been an unusual thing to see
men in the past who have acted as
though they were just little bit
ashamed to admit they voted for
him.
So, now that we are describing
upon that new deal. let's. shdffle the
cards well and give our im hand
that viii not justify his staying in
the political pot after the November
election. 49, NJ
ALVIN A4sANDSTH9N
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17
Questions and
Answers

Who Is Governor Of Kentucky,
what is his salary and how long is
his term of office?
Governor Ruby Laffoon receives a
salary of $500 a year and his term
Of Office is four years, ending De-
cember, 1885.
By what name is ConstantinOple
known now?
Istanbul.
Does the sun rise in the east side
and set in the west all over the
world?
Yes.
Is Arlington National cemetery In
the District Of Columbia?
It Is il Virginia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17

in which he defended his title ten
times, in ten different cities, with
in twelve days. His first bout was
at Waco on July IL; Dallas, July
II; July 10, Tyler; July IA, FIT.
Worth; San Antonio, July Is;
Paris, July 10; Muskogee, July 10;
Tulsa, July 20; back to Amarillo,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17

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 DR. disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17

Following is the explanation of
Ripley's Believe 1t or Not which
appeared in Fridays Times:
A Remarkable Wrestling Rec
Ord~Jack Reynolds, welterweight
wrestling champion for twelve
years, recently completed tour
of the southwestern United States,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
1T is not advisable to eat heavily
4 before a football game. Coffee
and plenty of sugar are all that are
necessary to provide against the
loss of energy through muscular
work.
A full stomach will not empty it.
self for from three to four hours,
and player who carries a full
stomach into a football game is
carrying a hazard.
An investigation of the luncheons
ordered by various coaches for
their teams was made by Meanwell
Of the University of Wisconsin.
One coach permitted his men to
have only clear, hot consomme and
toast. Another successful coach, Or
dered egg, toast, and weak tea, and
limited each man to two pieces of
toast.
A third permits his men a small
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17
SCIENCE
u epression Has Spurred
Chemical Research, in the
Belief of Editor.
by DAVID DIETZ

N~t - @~%tNkfs
CHEMICAL research has escaped
~ the depression, according 10
Prof. E. J. Crane of Ohio State uni
versity, editor Of Chemical Alb
stracts. one of the Official publica-
tons of the American Chemical So
ciety.
In fact, chemical research is on
the increase throughout the world
and Professor Crane thinks that the
depression is the reason for it.
Recently the National Research
Council showed that American in
dustry was spending wisely a great
er proportion of its income on re-
search than it did in the era of
prosperity.
Professor Crane now shows that
other countries are doing the same.
Professor Crane is in a position
to know what the world is doing
in the day of research in chemistry,
For chemistry Abstracts is really a
sort : of international information
agency in the field of chemistry.
1t undertakes to publish brief
summaries or abstracts" Of every
article on chemistry published in
the semitic journals of the world.
A staff of forty-f1ve assistants,
working under direction of Profess
sor Crane, supervises the activities
of more than five hundred chemists
who read and abstract" a total Of
some 1000 journals published in
English, French. German, Italian,
Russian. japanese. etc.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17

Statesman" says that the depression will be
over when Average Citizen starts to buy He might
simplify that by saying the depression will be over
when Average Citizen gets money so he can buy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17
Daily Thoughts

In the day of prosperity be joy
full, but in the day Of adversely
consider; God hath set the one
over against the other, to the end
that man should find nothing aft
er characteristics, TIA.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17

Remember to be calm in adversely.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17

Mr.. Foster and Mr.. Ford are not
running against President Hoover.
Not one-tenth of l per cent of any
of the Communist campaign is con-
cerned with either the Republican
or the Democratic party. These
gentlemen are bending all the
energies into an attack on Norman
Thomas.
The Anti-SoCiaIiStiC Party
A NYBODY who wishes to rebuke
IA and check the growth of So
cialism in America will do well to
vote Communist since this is the
party dedicated to the extermina-
ton of the movement.
had assumed that both Mr..
Howard and Mr.. Anderson were
men devoted to the fight against
war. Surely they are not so sufi-
GENTLY i'll informed as to believe
that the Communists stand for
peace. The pacifists are among the
favorite targets of Foster and Ford
The Communists are candid and
articulate in their contempt for
those who would do away with
armed conflict. The slogan to which
they commit themselves is mercy
Against imperialistic war;" which
means that they have taken over
the Wilsonian formula and would
like to have one more far-reaching
and bloody shambles to press the
war which is to end war.
And this is really to be the final
round. That's what they say.
Again, it may be supposed by
some of the parlor pinks that they
are espousing party which is COM
mitted to end all racial discrimina-
zion. But people who believe this
can hardly have taken the trouble
to read the Communist platform
with its demand for self -determi-
nation for the black belt"
If this means anything at all, 1t
is a pledge to revive the philosophy
Of Marcus Garvey. 1t is sort of
sublimated Jim Crowism-an at
tempt to condescend to the Negro
and pat him on the head, with the
assurance that he can get along
very well in any community in
which white competition is stifled
or liquidated. 1t is not a denial
Of race lines but promiSe to in
tensify them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17
Foster in Peace and War

T HAVE no wish to belittle Will
L liam z. Foster, or to deny his
ability. Everybody admits that he
was one of the most energetic and
eloquent Of all the Liberty bond
statesmen during the last war.
But think that this is a year in
which the voter has Q chance to
find his true objective. Conserya-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17

Why Not Garry Through2
DUT human souls, with their I'M
ID intelligent refinement and con-
fused ideas of cruelty, could not
stand the thought Of that poor little
snake being done to death by the
strands of silk around its head.
1t seemed to them unbearably
brutal when translated in the light
of human understanding, and I'M
necessary when considered in the
light of man-made law. So they
threatened to take legal steps if the
mayor failed to perform his duty,
and the mayor, with great common
sense, yielded to their wishes.
The snake goes free, after having
been revived with milk, and the
spider sees a long and successful
effort wasted, without knowing why.
You can't quarrel with such
solution of the problem. It bespeakS
a tenderness of heart which the
caveman never knew and which we
like to imagine as representing
progress. But why not carry it to
logical conclusion?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Eat Sparingly Before Football Play
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsH8EIN

This is the second of two special ar
ticles on football and health.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17
M. E. Tracy

WheTe w g can De uS htnU
to a Human Sufferer as the
Mayor Was to the st.
Charles Snake?
NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-Like
IN many other folks, I was in
terested in that snake-spider bat
tie which ragged at st. Charles, H.,
for twenty-five days, and which
might have lasted a week or two
longer had not the mayor inter-
fered.
AS I understand it, his honor was
not disposed to interfere, but took
scissors in hand and performed his
duty when convinced that there was
no other way of preventing a grand
commotion and, possibly, law suit.
The publicity given this combat
seems to have made it an issue with
the cruelty to dumb animals"
crowd, and they proceeded to in
form the mayor of st. Charles that
its continuance would be in viola
ton of the law.
What an unfortunate thing it is
for garter snakes that the law re-
ferred to does not cover the big out
doors? Or, to state the proposition
another way, is it not lucky for
spiders?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17
HAPPENS Every Minute

~ r WV =
1T was Just little ten-inch garter
J. snake that should have stayed
with its mother and that most peo-
pie would beat to death with stick,
or stone, without giving the mat
ter a second thought.
1t was just little black spider OF
the masculine gender, but belonging
to a species which the female rules
with unquestioned f1nality. The
poor little chap was foredoomed to
be slain and eaten by his sweet
heart at some future date If he
survived the vagaries of his struggle
for existence.
1t was just a life and death Strug-
gle between two very inferior ami
mails, such as takes place every
minute in the day somewhere, and
such as has taken place every min
ute in the day ever since life began
on earth.
1t was in strict accordance with
natural law, and the fate it held
in store for the vanquished snake
was no different and no harder than
the little snake probably was pre-
destined to meet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-17

July 81, and winding up at Wi
chita Falls July %.
Reynolds is holder of the Ma
tional Boxing Association welter-
weight championship belts.
Monday: A great baseball mys-
terry.