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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11

In the very laudable attempt to reduce the cost
of government by eliminating waste. tax committees
have hit at what are called "frils" in the public
school system.
There is a real fear in quarters that this dis
cussion may be necessarily changed to the subject
Of keeping any schools open Farmers who are over
burdened and unable to pay taxes see the time
approaching where the closing Of all schools for lack
of money may be necessary. So can the home
er the city and the manufacturer whose plant is
Idle
The school system of today differs much from
"the little red school house." which served two gen.
Grafton ago. as the airplane differs from the OK
cart. There may exist in the present system some
non essentials and there may be such refinement
Of organization to enable efficiency experts in edu-
cation to reduce the cost of schools by cutting down
some of the teaching force.
But it must be remembered that all of the So
called frlls came from public demand for cul-
tural development desire to better fit the boy or
girl to meet the problems Of changed world. In
stress, they may be the first to be discarded.
OF course, the final drive will be for a reduction
Of teachers wages and on this subject there can
be at least demand for serious consideration be-
tore any such action is taken
Teaching as profession has never been regarded
as the path to great fortune. In days of imitation
the wage is usually less than that Of the manual
worker In times of debated labor prices, the wage
may appear higher.
AS to the value of the service rendered in COM
parison with that of other workers, thinking people
would place this profession toward the top rather
than the bottom. There should be social value
from the teacher than the cigar maker or the
cosmetic salesman. Concevably, teacher might be
considered as more valuable than pugilist.
The wage of the teacher who has a position is
very high compared to that of the unemployed father
who is compelled to live upon the charity of the town
ship trustee.
Compared to the fees given to utility lawyers for
the exertion of political influence the sinks to
insignidcance.
Wage reduction may be the final answer to the
problem of keeping schools open at all. There is
that danger. Already some communities in the state
are facing bankruptcy and the breakdown of govern
ment activities.
The schools should be maintained as long as pos
sible. The increased attendance in high schools be-
cause boys and girls no longer find jobs sug-
gests that this is necessary.
Perhaps if the burden shifted from farms and
real estate to ntangbles, there would be no neces-
sty for either closing schools cutting wages If
public ownership Of utilities is adopted, all danger
of either would be removed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11
The League and Janan


Reports of the draft resolution of the League of
Nations assembly the far eastern crisis indicate
compromise.
Great Britain and France in the drafting commit
tee continued their long fight to protect Japan from
league criticism action The small nations insisted
that the league back up its own covenant and the
American policy in defense of treaties
Apparently the small nations have ridden over the
objections of Sir John Smons British foreign min
ster by including Manchura as well as Shanghai in
the resolution by joining the United States in refus
Ing to recognize any territorial settlement imposed in
violation of the treaties and by refusing to turn the
entire matter back from the assembly to the British
controlled league council
But. apparently, Sir John has the main battle
by keeping out of the resolution any declaration that
the league covenant and the treaties have been vio-
lated
The teeth in the American policy is the Stimson
declaration, In his letter to Senator Borah, that's
1T is clear beyond peradventure that situation
has developed which not under any circumstances
be reconciled with the obligations Of the covenants
Of these two treaties, and that II the treaties had
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11
Just Every Day Sense
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

TERTAIN authorities who are strong for rules in
~ variaby stress cooking when they discuss sue
ceSsfu marriage. One has written recently eff every
girl was good Al cook when she got married she
could keep her husband eating out of her hand and
prevent him from roaming for nothing nails man to
his own freSde like rich heavy dinner Of the things
he likes best"
Now, while this is not propaganda against girls
learning to cook it to be that there room for
argument here. It should be a foregone conclusion
that one Of the assets of poor mans wife is the abl
ty to keep clean house and prepare palatable food
But it is very far from true that good cook al
ways keep husband. Nothing, indeed, could be
more false or misleading to girls or more in
suting to men.
AS matter of cold fact, did you ever hear of
man running after a woman merely because she could
cook? Did you ever know man to fall in love with
girl because her biscuits were light? OF course not.
BECAUSE, in spite of the fact that we have so
- slandered them, men are the supreme idealists
and associate their stomachs with their hearts
They, being animals, like good meal but they do not
base their love upon it.
dare say, indeed, that more men have become dis
illusioned with wives and marriage because rich and
heavy meals" become the only tie to the union than
for any other reason.
Many a husband asks for emotional stimulus and
Is given pie. When a wants sympathy pot
roast will not do. If he longs for tenderness and
derstandng, amount of fine viii satisfy him
TO take 1t for granted that husband is person
who dotes above all else upon feeding is, it to
me, shiftless attitude toward marriage for
good cook.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11

been faithfully observed such situation could not
have arisen"
There would be some gain for peace in an uncon-
ditional league resolution outlawng, the American
note of Jan. II outlawed, the fruits of conquest.
If the draft resolution finally reaches the assembly
floor and passes in that FORM as now hoped, it will
be theoretic victory
But, taken alone, that would be only feature
Japan does not care how often the league or the
United States declares against treaty violations so
long they do not apply that to Manchuria and
Shanghai and long as they do not declare Japan
a violator
Japan can, and doubtless will, merely reterate
her hypocritical reply to the American note Of JAM
II by expressing everlasting Japanese loyalty to the
treaties which she claims to be enforcing in Man
churia and Shanghai
The issue is whether Japan has violated the
treaties Every one at the league meeting says
Yes"-that is, all say so in private, and almost all
but the British and French say so in public. Even
the British doniions representatives have charged
Japan with treaty violation and demanded league
action.
The European small nations and the British do
minions fighting the life and honor of the league
and for peace cooperation with the United States
deserve much credit for their fearless conduct of the
league assembly meeting so far.
But they should realize that the test is no mere
theoretc formula for face-saving of British tories
and Japanese mitarsts.
The issue is whether imperialstic power can
make the League of Nations swallow an aggressive
war for six months without even admitting that there
is an aggressive war
After all of the European charges against America
for refusal to cooperate for world peace in the past
will the small nations allow Great Britain and France
to prevent league cooperation with America for
world peace in this crisis?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11
Times Readers Voice Their Views

Editor Times-It surely seems
high time that the indianapolis po-
lice department curbed bootlegging,
also vice. AS usual, we taxpayers
must sit back and wait until some
mothers boy or girl either gets
killed or sent to prison for life.
Then all we see is where the chief
is going to make a big drive on
bootleggers and wants the taxpayers
to give him the information.
Why not let him walk down town
and stop on the northwest corner
of Illinois and washington streets,
and watch the prostitutes and boot
leggers transact their business on a
large scale? Or he could walk
north on Illinois street or Penn
sylvania and see for himself how
easy it is to get whatever he wants,
with no information asked.
This has been going on for long
time before this last little school
girl was caught for being poisoned
on this big surprise bootleg whisky.
My advice would be either to get a
1882 police department or 1900
times back again. TAXPAYER.
Editor TimeS-Well, we have hard
times, and the one great reason IS
that we have too much government.
Every time anything comes up in
congress some gangster slips in a
committee to look after that par
ticular trouble.
Look at the coal miners trouble
just few months ago. A commit
tee was appointed to look after it
and no one ever will know any,
thing more about them nor now
many there are Of them, and they
will serve at war time salaries, -cv-
eral times the amount that honest
people get at their daily work.
There is a law of supply and
demand, and the coal market is
regulated that way, and there is no
need of committees for everything
that comes up. AS for the grain
market, I hope that the farmers
can understand that it must have
cost the government more than
their grain comes to, for they are
now bowling about their taxes.
Then there is the postal business.
If, according to reports, our postal
force was cut down half and Sala-
ries cut half we would have just as
good service as we have now and
they would be better paid than
any of our citizens. Our people
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11
"Snak the PnOri''

The bipartisan parents Of the $500 100000 sales tax
on consumers are telling their fellow-congresSmen
today that it's great revenue scheme because the
taxpayers won't feel it.
We recall similar remark made to the boy by
the dentist who wanted to pull tooth.
What language we wonder, will describe the feeling
produced when falling wages and salaries strike hard
against the higher cost of living caused by taxes on
necessities.
The proposed tax, in spite Of its few catch-vote
exemptions levies tribute practically everything
the poor man must get to live.
Ostensbly it exempts farm products and therefore,
has the appearance of exempting food But Thursday
the floor Representative Hawley admitted that if
all foods are exempted the bill would lose $25OOOOOOO
worth of Canned processed goods are not
exempt.
And the poor man lives out of a can because he
can not afford refrigeration or purchase in large
quantities.
Besides food, the bill leves on everything the
poor must have It takes the clothing he wears;
the electricity by which his wife patches the famys
old clothes the tires on his auto the gasoline in his
tank the automobile ITSELF toys for his child the
soap for his wife laundry tub the shoes for his fam
y the cradle in which he carried an infant the
coffin in which he is buried
The sales tax provision. unnecessary and untimely
will add more than the "a per cent to the cost of
things
AS pointed out by the American Farm Bureau, this
measure will likely add 10 per cent to the cost
of living.
Because the poor always spend greater percentage
Of their incomes than do the rich the bill can we'll
be described, as it Thursday by Representative
Tarver of Georgia, as "a tax on poverty"
The Democratic leaders in their eagerness to avoid
the charge of passing tax measure to soak the
rich are trying to soak the poor"
There's nothing painless about the sales tax In
Its extra burden the poor in its encouragement to
profteering in its trade-stifling effect on de-
present business this tax would take its place beside
the Republican-Democratic billion dollar tariff
atrocity as the Democrats great blunder
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11
Nation of fSpeakieS'

MO one but a fanatic can OBJ
IN serve what is going on in
this country and not realize that
the public has scrapped prohibition.
The eighteenth amendment not
only is being nullifed, but openly
nullif1ed from Maine to California.
Even those who do not patronize
it have come to regard the speak
easy as fixed institution.
Whether on Broadway, in the
mountains of Virginia, or on the
lone prairee," the stranger can
get liquor as easily as he could in
1916.
The only difference is that the
hundreds of millions of dollars
which the government then was
getting, now goes to organized
crime.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11
M. E. Tracy
Saws

All That Prohibition Stands
for No10 Is q PigheGded
Determination to Retain
Political PoaUer By Virtue
of an Organized Minority.
NEW YORK, March 11.-Hope
IN Of the drys thas been reduced
to the possibility that thirteen
states can be depended on to block
any change in the eighteenth
amendment.
1t is a thin hope.
Sentiment for repeal has become
so strong as to make it doubtful
whether the drys can depend on
more than half a dozen states three
or four years hence.
Meanwhile, congress possesses
ample power to liberalize the Vol
stead act.
The fact that drys still control
congress should not be taken too
seriously.
Eventually congress will be
brought into line with public opin-
ion for the very simple reason that
public opinion can bring it into line.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11

If they follow a systematic pro-
gram of play, they frequently will
develop greater strength and may
be able soon to join their playmates
in the more arduous games.
Another fact that should be kept
in mind in sports for children is
that they can not devote all their
energy to play, since there always
must be surplus to permit them
to grow until they have reached full
development.
For that reason, continued and
prolonged playing of the more
strenuous sports should be cur
tailed for all but the most robust
children.
If these simple rules are fol-
lowed, the normal child may par
ticipate in and enjoy the sports
ordinarily outlined in grade school
and playground programs without
i'll effects.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11

these things and usually carefully
observe them, children are apt not
to understand why such prelimina-
ries are necessary.
Properly supervised, competitive
sports for children of grade school
age nearly always include a warm
ing up" period. This always should
be the case when the sport to be
engaged in is strenuous one.
The same rules apply for chill
dren as for grown-ups in regard to
fatigue. While many children may
seem almost tireless, the fact may
be that they are chronic sufferers
from fatigue.
They should be taught to rest
after strenuous exertion and to en-
gage in no more sports than their
bodies are capable of handling
without strain.
Children physically below nor
NAL should not be allowed to par
| ticipate in the more strenuous
| sports.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11
EXnerimnntS Triad


THREE theories to account for
j. phenomenon have been ad-
vanced. These are known, after
their propoSers, as the Truschel
acoustic theory, the Kuntz theory
of pressure, and the Krogius thermic
theory.
"Truschel observes that the modi-
fication in noise caused by the re-
Election Of the sound waves (for in
stance, the noise of footsteps) warns
the blind person of the presence of
the obstacle DR.. Dolansky says.
"Kuntz asserts, after numerous
experiments, that the subject who
moves toward the obstacle feels on
his face pressure exerted by the
air which is between him and the
obstacle.
According to KrogiuS, the blind
person perceiveS the pressure of the
obstacles owing to the difference in
temperature which exists between
the skin of his face and the sur
face of the objects toward which
he is moving"
DR.. Dolansky by experiments
proved the first theory to be cor
rect. He found blind persons could
sense obstacles even when their
faces were covered by cardboard.
However, they could not sense OBJ
stacles if their ears were plugged
with cotton wool.
Regarding the grazing sensation
on the face, DR.. Dolansky says is
is fundamentally fear reaction,
as When fright causes a persons
hair ito stand on end"
A cat, attacked by a dog, bris-
Ties in the same way" he says.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11
Grazing Sensation


NR. DOLANSKY defines the abil-
- ity of the blind to sense OBJ
Stacles as "a structural mechanism
founded on the instinct of self
preservation. and with hearing as its
handspring"
Many blind people say that they.
have a sensation of rustling over the
face when confronted by an obstacle.
This, according to DR.. Dolansky, is
"a reflex physiological process which
is brought into action as a result of
warnings picked up by the ear.
The blind agree on the fact that
when approaching an obstacle they
have a slight sensation, which it is
very difficult to define, of being
grazed on the face and particularly
on the forehead, the temples, and
the cheeks DR.. Dolansky says.
This incomprehensible phenome-
non has aroused great interest, not
only among the blind but also
among those who can see. Thus,
during the nineteenth century and
Up to the present day many writer's
have endeavored to clear up the
question.
The researches made during the
last twenty-five years are of far
greater consequence; for their au-
thors, wishing to break the vicious
circle of hypothesis, have tried to
establish the causes of the phenom-
enon."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11
Questions and
Answers

Has the planet Jupiter as many
satellites as Neptune?
Neptune has only one satellite,
discovered by William Lassell with
in month of the finding of the
planet itself. Jupiter has no less
than nine satellites, so far as is
known at present. Four of them
were discovered by Calico in 1910
and can be readily seen with a pair
of field glasses. The others are very
small and faint.
How many bones are there in the
bodies Of the horse, OK, pig, dog and
bird?
The horse has 1911; OK, 1856; pig,
go; dog. 255, and Ord, 161.
How many unemployed persons
are there in the United States to-
day?
Estimates, from various sources,
range from six to ten million.
Does a man have to be a citizen
of the United States to enlist in the
United States army?
He must either be a citizen or
declare his intention of becoming
citizen.
When will the next Olympic
games be held?
They are scheduled for Los An
geles in July, 1882.
Can a naturaIized American citi-
zen become President of the United
States?
The Constitution provides that
only natural-born citizens are eligi-
BILE to the office of President and
Vice President.
What countries export the most
watches and diamonds to United
States?
South Africa exports the most
diamonds and Switzerland, France
and Germany export the most
watches.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11
TURKS ARE ROUTED


ON March II, 1918, Turkisl
" forces fell back in great dis
order from Hit in Mesopotamis
with the British troops in hot puri
suit.
British outposts were placed more
than twenty miles above the CITY
after an all-day chase of their adj
versaries.
British advances in Palestine were
also noted, although these troops
met with stiff resistance from OBJ
posing Turkish regiments.
Germans amounting to several
divisions delivered a terrific blow to
British troops near Ypres. After
heavy fighting, which continued
through the night, German gains
were considered slight.
Naples was bombed by German
hiers. Sixteen were killed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11
Claims UnfuIfilIed

DROHIBITION has not stopped
l. or diminished crime, particular
ly that sort of crime which its ad-
vocates blamed on the liquor traffic.
It has not prevented the increase
of divorce.
1t has not saved the home from
being broken.
1t has not 1essened The number of
delinquent children.
1t has not decreased the amount
Of insanity.
1t has not increased the number
of home-owners as compared to that
of tenants.
1t has not protected the country
against depression and unemploy-
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11
7 temperance Killed
DROHIBITION has financed gam

DROHIBITION has financed gang
l. rule and racketeering.
1t has promoted disrespect for all
laws by forcing disrespect for one.
1t has killed off about every phase
Of the temperance movement.
1t has put liquor within easy reach
of children and young people.
It has driven the public to deal
with criminals and thugs.
1t has reduced our most import
ant tribunals of justice to the level
of police courts.
1t has filled our jails with men
and women who were guilty of no
offense, except that they would not
agree with narrow, stupid attempt
to regulate personal conduct.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11
Prohibition UnnaSked
THE 13-state idea reveals prohi

THE 13-state idea reveals prohi-
i bition in its true light.
1t rests, and always has rested on
the stubborn attitude of an organ
lied minority. 1t is, and always has
been afraid of popular votes. It
operates, and always has operated
on the rule, or ruin theory.
Like every other movement for
personal publication by law, prohi-
bition is opposed to the principles
of democracy. It cares nothing
about majorities as long as it can
retain the statutes, nothing about
failure as long as it can keep UP the
pretense, nothing about drunken
ness as long as the votes are dry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11
SCIENCE
Blind Seem to Have q "SiTtb
Sense" That Helps Them
to Avoid Obstacles.
-RY DAVID DTET7-

to Avoid Obstacles.
MANY people have wondered at
4Y1 the comparative ease with
which blind persons avoid obstacles,
as for example, when walking alone
down a street. The phenomenon
has engaged the attention Of scien-
lists as we'll as laymen.
The question usually asked is: DO
the blind possess a sixth sense, a
sort OF compensation for being blind,
an obstacle sense" as it is some
times called?
DR.. Vladimir Dolansky, a Scfen-
fist Of Warsaw, Poland, who is him.
self blind, has made a study of the
subject.
His conclusions are set forth in
the first issue of the new quarterly
bulletin of the American BraiIle
Press for War and Civilian Blind,
publication devoted to the inter-
ests of the blind.
DR.. Dolansky comes to the con-
clusion that the blind do have the
ability of sensing" obstacles. He
does not believe that it is in any
way a sixth sense" or special
sense organ, but merely an extern
sion of the other senses to take
over a function which is performed
for the normal person by the eyes.
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honest effort to recompense those
whom she wronged.
Sixty years ago, when Germany
defeated France, she presented a
bill for one billion dollars, and she
stayed on Franch soil until It was
paid. France paid this Stupendous
sum in about two and one half
years. One billion dollars sixty years
ago was a large sum Of money. so
can not see that Germany is juSti-
fed in her attitude of always seek
ing sympathy and trying to evadc
her responsibility.
She should be compelled to make
adequate reparations. If Germany
had won the war, who doubts that
she would have presented O very
substantial bill and collected it, too?
1t might be well to look at this sub
ject from the point of view Of those
most injured, and not just at the
point of view of those who were the
offenders.
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