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The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25
How Dry Is Hoover?

The national prohibition board of strategy.
has decided to withhold any public Endorsement of
President Hoover for the present 1t credits him with
an excellent record of prohibition enforcement and
with sizable list of speeches in favor of prohibi
bition
In his acceptance speech he doubtless will deal
further with this subject" says the board in a
formal statement.
The acceptance speech is to be made in August.
That will give the President plenty of time to per-
Sp1re over the problem Of saying something pleas
ing to prohibitionistS, that does not conflict with
the party platforn-and that may be helpful to a
statesman desirous of continuing in Office
The first two conditions wouldn't be so hard to
meet, If it were not for the third. The President
has shown he can please the prohibitionists. He
has shown that he can interpret wetter documents
than the party platform as dry-the famous Wick
ersham report, for example
But satisfying the distracted politicians of his
party who are convinced the tide has turned is
something else. And they Enthusiastically are look
ing to him for satisfaction on this point
G. Bascom Semp, veteran collector of Republican
delegates in the arid south walked out of the White
House one day last week, remarking:
THE tide for repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment is becoming strong that do not see how
the President can avoid expressing himself clearly
on the submission plank in his acceptance speech
In other words, the SlempS of the party propose
to put just much pressure on the President as do
the prohibitionists between now and August
The Presidents remarks on prohibition when he
accepts the nomination should be interesting
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25

representing the accused is given a
small portion of the total amount
collected by the bondsman; in the
second instance, if the lawyer sug-
gested be employed, he pays the
bondsman half of the money col
lected as his so-called fee.
Other practices veering toward
plain criminality are INDUCED in by
these men. The effort is to involve
them in the greatest secrecy. Now
and then through some nishap the
effort to conceal fails and the de-
tails Of the fixing scheme, or rather
the pretended fixing scheme, be-
come public.
A few weeks ago a deputy clerk
assigned to one of the municipal
courts was compelled to resign. BY
writing days suspended" under a
notation on an affidavit of sixty
days" he permitted a woman to
escape serving that period in the
Women's prison.
Why the deputy clerk helped this
woman escape has not been learned.
Safe it is to say that when the de-
tails are made public that a bonds
man or one Of these hangers-on had
part in the work.
Why this intolerable situation is
permitted to exist when the mu-
nicipal court has the authority to
determine it-end it immediate ely
is difficult to understand
LAWYER.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25
Wilbur Swings Wild

I defy you" says DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur the
august secretary of the interior ito name twelve men
in congress who consistently have fought for the ma
onal progress OF the United States during the last
year"
OF course defying cabinet officer and particu-
larly Cabinet Officer Wilbur, is a terrifying task
Probably Wilbur, when he hurled his defiance. did
not mean to include the TALL angular, soft-voiced
Smoot, who so assiduously has protected the sky
scraper tariff that bears his name. Did he remem-
Der the rotund Hawey the other star of the tariff?
Both of these are from Wibur's own west.
How about ponthcal shortridge of the secretary's
home state of California who fought so valantly for
the embargo tariff on oil, which Wilbur favoredP
And steiwer of Oregon and Jones of Washington,
who labored for the embargo tariff on lumber? What
of Senator Watson the back-slapping Misunderstanding
Republican leader? McNary, the whip? And Smell
of the house?
Has the secretary forgotten those Republicans who
fought his battles against reduction of appropriations
for his interior department. in the face of the Pres
dents plea for federal economy?
Did Doctor Wilbur forget the jumping gesticuating
Stafford of Wisconsin; the shouting Treadway of
Massachusetts, Bachman, the house whip; and those
other Republicans of the lower chamberq
Why defy" any one to name twelve statesmen in
congress? Is there some virtue in dozen? Why
not be content with five or six-athough obviously
there are more.
If Wilbur is looking seriously for men who con
sstenty have fought for the national progress of the
United States" he need not have looked far Unless
his eyes were closed he could not have escaped see
ing Norris of Nebraska; La Toilette and Costgan
who fought so valiantly for unemployment relief:
Cutting of New Mexico; Glass of Virginia; La Guardia
and Doughton who led the fight against the sales tax
Wilbur might also have seen Swing of his own
state of California. And how could ne have missed
Borah, or Couzens, or Wagner, or Tom Walsh?
No member Of President Hooyers official family
should lend his prestige to the nsdous propaganda
ing Of the country against congress. Wilbur, who
failed utterly In cooperating with congress to
bring about reductions in federal expenditures which
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25
PROPAGANDA Harms us

GHREWD propa g dists have
~ worked on our repugnarce to
Communism, just as they once
worked on our repugnance to Prus-
sianism, and for precisely the same
reason. They are hoping that we
will pull the chestnu5s out of the
fire for them again, and are fiat
tering us to take the lead in the
anti-Russian movement, while they
perfect schemes to get the busi-
ness.
Kreuger, who got the benefit
when he barred Russian matches,
cheated our trustful investors to the
tune of many millions. It's time we
quit the expensive philanthropy.
We have an industrial structure
to maintain, and We have no right
to jeapordize it for the sake of max
ing grandstalld plays in behalf of
other people, whose appreciation
consists largely of telling us what
we ought to do next when we have
completed job.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-The supreme court
lately decided that the municipal
court of Marion county, has plenary
jurisdiction in all matters relating
to the acceptance of sureties on bail
bonds for the appearance of persons
charged with offenses in that court.
Day and night there are about
the city prison and police head
quarters approximately fifty bonds
men and their hangers-on. Among
this number are men who have
served sentences in penitentiaries,
others who have been in county
1ails. and still others who have done
time on the Indiana state farm.
1t is difficult to understand why
men of such records are permitted
to assist even in the temporary re-
lease of persons accused of crime.
At no time, and certainly not in
this depression, has there been
sufficient in so-called bond fees" to
provide mere existence for this
numerous horde. Yet some of these
bondsmen dress in the height of
fashion, drive expensive auto
mobiles, and have the reputation of
being liberal spenders.
Most of the hangers-on do not
fare as well as the bondsmen, but
even among their number are those
whose appearance of prosperity
compare favorably with the most
successful Of the bondsmen.
That the income from so-called
bond fees is far too low to provide
for the existence of these fifty men
readily can be determined from an
examination of the bond records,
and an investigation Of those who
have been released on bond.
Sch investigation is entirely un-
necessary. The fact that bond fees
fall far below the expenditures Of
these men is too obvious.
A lucrative source of income to
the bondsmen and the hangers-on
is from the fee-splitting police court
attorney. In the ordinary case, the
bondsman is the first to consult the
prisoner after his arrest.
Sometimes the price exacted is for
the fee Of the bondsman and the
fee of the lawyer. At other times
the bondsman fixes his fee and then
suggests the employment Of fee
splitting lawyer.
In the first instance the lawyer
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25

paigns of education and preven-
ton constantly carried on.
This may be due to the fact
that our civilization is becoming
more and more complex, the
speed of life is increasing rapid
ly, the number of automobiles in
use rises at a tremendous rate,
and the possibility of accident to
the child is, therefore, much
greater now than it ever was be-
fore.
There was a time fifty years ago,
when diseases of the stomach
and intestines, including partic-
ularly infectious diarrhea, stood
high up the list among the causes
of death to children between l and
6 years of age.
This type of disease now is fifth
on the list, because new measures
of protection of children against
such diseases have been put into
effect.
1t is particularly the hygiene
Of feeding of young children that
has been improved and which re-
fleets itself in the lowered num-
Der of deaths from the causes
mentioned.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25
IT SEEMS TOME BY ,4F4zn Max

T HAVE been here six days now,
l. but haven't seen the city be-
cause of being taken to the tops
of tall buildings.
This passion for yanking every
visitor to the top of a building is
an entirely new idea to me, and
shall carry it back west, so that we
can do the same to you when you
visit there. 1t settles the entertain
ment problem.
Upward to a skyscraper, down.
ward to a speakeasy, upward to a
skyscraper again, downward to a
speakeasy-upWard and downward,
upward and downward-this seems
to be the way of things here, al
though some visitor is going to ac-
quire enough nerve to suggest that
he roam around the level for awhile.
"All right, let's see the town." a
friend suggested yesterday.
"All right. let's"
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25
Tissue Cells Vary
.R. MANWARING points ou

DR. AIANWARING points out
~ that this belief in the fixed
regularity Of nature led to certain
types of deductions.
Tuberculosis, gonorrhoea and po-
liomyelitis were wholly unrelated in
fectious diseases" he says, because
of the postulated microbic invaria-
bility"
He points out, however, that stu
dents of microbe life might have
developed quite q different theory
if they had based their logic on the
behavior of tissue cells.
The various portions of the body
such as muscles, skin, vital Or
gans and so on are all made up Of
tissues which in their turn are COM
posed of microscopic cells.
Now, the body starts as a fertilizedA
egg cell and consequently all the
different sorts Of cells which make
up the various tissues Of the body
must evolve from this fertilized egg
cell.
Microbes or bacteria are single
celled organisms Most biologists
classify them as one-celled plants.
Therefore, following the example
of the development of many kinds
Of tissue cells from one fertilized
egg cell, might there not be vast
variability in the offspring Of any
one microbe?
This point of view, as DR.. Man
waring pointed out, was not the
view adopted by Pasteur, Koch Ellr-
Itch and the other pioneers of bacte-
riology.
He calls their viewpoint a static
bacteriology."
Within the last few years, how
ever, this static" view has been
challenged. Next, we will discuss
the newer point of view.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25
Out Instead Of Aloft

THESE heaven retreats may be
Il necessary for folks who live in
a city like this, and I can sympa-
thize with them for wanting to 90
aloft as often as they can. But,
instead of having to go aloft for a
retreat in our country, we go out.
We hit river or an ocean cliff.
When we come to New York, then,
we do not come to get away from
crowds. This is our carnival, and
we come to get into them.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25
knowledge Is Young !

nUR knowledge Of the role Of
~ germs in disease is very young.
dating back to the work Of Pasteur
and Koch in the latter part of the
nineteenth century.
1t was inevitable that biologists
would jump to certain conclusions
about germs as a result Of their ex-
perienceS in other fields.
DR.. Manwaring tells what these
conclusions were and indicates that
present-day bacteriologists may
have to change them.
'A1id-Victorian microscopists in
tuitively picturel the newly disSbv-
cred disease germs as miniature ami
mails or midget plants" he SAYS.
Thus pictured, it perhaps was in
evitable that they should have read
into these minute pathogenic specks
many of the laws and generaliza-
tions of higher biological science.
Centuries of dwindling supersti-
ton had taught modern man shat,
from generation to generation, each
higher plant and animal species is
almost static in anatomical struc-
ture and physiological peculiarities.
Minor variations, Of course, were
known to occur.
Since the middle ages, however,
rats never had been known to trans
mute into lizards, to fractionize into
locusts, nor to evaporate into cor
roSive nniasmas.
1t seemed logical to assume that
this stability is in obedience to a
general law of nature, equally ap-
plicable to microbic life.
"Obeying this static law, tubercls
bacillus never could arise except
from a pre-existent bacillus of ap-
proXimately the same norphology
and chemical composition.
"A diphtheria bacillus never could
transmute into a gonococcus, nor
fractionate into ultramicroseopic
polionyelitis colloids."
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25
SCIENCE
RevoIution Has Started IN
Study of Germs by World
Scientists.
BY DAVID DIETZ-

DACTERIOLOGY, the science de-
- voted to the study Of germs.
has begun to undergo a revolution
in the last three years.
Since bacteriology is one OF the
foundation stones of modern rhedi-
cine, concerning itself with effect Of
germs upon mankind in both health
and disease, the subject is Of vital
importance to everybody.
Indeed, mans chief enemies are
the insects and the microbes. If
he loses control of the earth it will
be to one or the other.
The new points of view in medical
bacteriology are pointed out by DR..
w. H. Manwaring, professor of bac-
teriology and experimental pathol-
ogy at Stanford university, Cali
fornia.
During the last three years" he
says, conservative bacteriologp has
shown increasing discomfort with
nineteenth century theories OF mi
crobic infection and bodily resist.
ance, a receptive attitude toward
newly suggested hypotheses and al
ternative interpretations"
These new theories, he says, offer
plausible explanations for many OF
the failures experienced in dealing
with certain diseases caused by mi
crobeS, and they hold out hope for
greater success in the future.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25
Attitude Is PuzzIfng

NUR attitude toward Russia is
" ineXplicable. If the average
American realized how much it was
costing him, or how little it prom
ised, it wouldn't last the week out.
The average American doesn't
know how Russian matches were
barred to help the discredited Kreu-
ger, or how a ban has been put on
Russian asbestos, to the advantage
of Canadian mines.
And what are we getting as a
reward for this crusading against
the Soviet? We are getting an
Ottawa conference and a drive for
debt cancellation.
If the Ottawa conference were to
reach the decisions planned, we
would, be selling Canada much less
steel and England much less wheat.
If debts were to be cancelled, or
greatly cut down, European gov
ernmentS would have a lot more
money with which to finance Rus
sian trade.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25
UpS and Downs of N, Y,

lie mapped it all out. We had
T. l. lunch twenty stories above sea
level. He said, at the conclusion
of the meal, First, before we go
anywhere, I want to show you the
view from the top of this"
7 reminded him that I had seen
view.
But you have not seen this
view. It gives you different angle
entirely. Come"
Surely there are more things in
New York than views. On return
ing home it will be awful to be
asked what I saw and have to ex-
plain, "A view" Elevator rides may
have been a lot of fun when ele-
vators we're first invented. There
may have been a lot of fun then
in holding elevator riding parties.
But any number of towns outside
of New York have installed ele-
vators, too, lately, I understand.
But they have not installed what
SO many of us have come here to
see-the east side, west side dives, .
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25
AMERICANS PUSH FORWARD
July 25

lnN July 25. 1918, French and
~ American troops pushed for
ward more than two miles in con-
tinuing their drive against the
Germans on flfty-mile front.
They reported the capture Of huge
quantities of ammunition, guns and
supplies and crack German divisions
rapidly were disintegrating under
the constant pressure Of the fight
ing.
French and American troops
gradually we're narrowing the mouth
Of the salient created by the May
offensive directed by Won Hinden-
burg, and it now was only twenty.
one miles wide.
On the Italian front, an Austrian
counter attack was beaten of with
great loss to the attackers.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazina.


a FTER the infectious diseases
4 n come diseases affecting the Or
gans of breathing when we study
mortality causes among children OF
pre-school age.
Such diseases include pneumonia,
of various types; bronchitis, pleu-
risy and infections within the chest.
Far to frequently such compli-
cations as bronchitis and pneu-
monia occur after measles or
whooping cough, and the death of
the child may result as combina-
ton of both factors.
Again, the child who dies from
broncho- pneumonia may have sus-
tained that disease because a pre-
viously existing condition of ricketts,
Or of bad nutrition made it unable
to wage a successful battle against
the infection of the lung.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25
Where's Smallest One2

THIS makes batting average of
a about a top day for me, not
counting repeaters. But it would
be a change for once to hear some
body say, do you want me to take
you into the smallest building in
New York;" Small things are as
marvellous in their way as big things.
And all person has to do to
imagine he is looking at the Grand
Canyon, for instance, is to squint
his eye at a tiny ditch and make
himself believe that is it. The rug
gedness of the sides is about the
Same.N
More interesting than the build
ings are the persons in the windows
of lesser buildings. The sight of en-
tire families living in their glass
cages on shelves is more productive
of awe to me than if the Empire
State building were third as high
again as it is.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25

the Battery-but, oh, we'll, bring en-
the view" I'll look at anything
again.
Point your finger all around the
town. Point out Staten Island
again, and I'll nod, Yes, I see it,"
Point out the course of the rivers.
and I'll nod yes" again. For
there is, after all, nothing quite like
keeping peace with ones friends.
We went up to the top.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25
M. E. Tracy
Says

The Whole CiUiIized World Is
Playing on Our Prejudices
and Emotions, While 1t
Schemes to Destroy Our
Trade.
NEW YORK, July 25.-It was a
~ splendid article on Russian
trade that Henry T. Rainey, Demo-
cratic house leader, wrote for the
United Press.
We are throwing away a great
market, and for no good reason.
Worse still, we actually have
helped other nations to get that
market.
The Hoover moratorium liberated
credit with which Germany was
able to finance Russ n trade.
If war debts are Cancelled, or
greatly revised, other governments
will be able to do the same thing.
Don't imagine for one moment
that other governments will neglect
the opportunity, no matter how
Russian their lip music may
| sound.
The whole civilized world is play
ing on our prejudices and emotions
right now, appearing to cooperate
on disarmament, while it schemes
to destroy our trade.
The fact that we gave it a good
excuse by adopting the Smoot-
Hawley bill does not alter the situ-
| alton.
We have lost a great deal of for
eign trade already, and we shall
lose more if present policies are
continued.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25

Mr.. Miller, author of 81
Cover the Waterfront" is
conducting this column
during Mr.. Broun's vaca-
tiOn.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25
Russia Is Biggest Market

a s DR.. Rainey says, Russia rep
N resents the biggest single mar
ket now available.
Whatever we may think of her
political program, her industrial
program stands for work, improve
ment, progress and business.
Russia is building railroads, fac
tories, homes and highways.
1t is the aim of the Soviet govern
ment to modernize Russia.
That can not be done without the
purchase of an incalculable amount
Of machinery and equipment.
We not only excel in production
of such machinery and equipment as
Russia needs, but lack market for
it. Our great trouble is that we
can't sell what we can make.
The Russian trade we actually
have helped Germany to take away
from us means work for thousands
of men.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25

Will Hays efforts to clean up Hollywood already
are bearing fruit. One of the movie mansions
has nineteen bathrooms
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25

More interesting, too, than con-
stantly mounting the highest build
lngs are such minute things as the
subway escalators, marked with a
warning not to poke canes or um-
brellas into them.
Inc very sight of seeing people
being carried up these things with
all the, Indifference of crates being
nauled up an endless chain in q
freight house is terribly surpris-
ing item to me.
II the men or women so much
as smiled a little as they were be-
ing taken up, if they considered
IL as a game or joke, there would
not be the horror of 1ikening them
10 freight crates. And yet one must
admit the invention is a comfort
able thing to have around.
Yet the shock, the, first shock
OF being hauled up one of these
Things, as though were without life
or muscle or hope, was a bit hor-
rible at first, as the man in front
was not laughing, nor was the man
behind. We we're but mute bum
Giles being carried along.
II n
No Smile in Change Cages
TOO, it is impossible to obtain
l. a smile from the men in the
change cages. You pass in your dol
lar for change, and the change
comes pouring out. One may as well
drop a penny in a peanut slot
machine and catch the peanuts as
the drop in the bowl
The men inside the downtown
cages never will see you again, so
why should they trouble to nod or
smile? Even when they are not
busy, they do not nod or smile.
This cavern life below the city
is all so weird, SO inexplicable, that
no wonder the citizens here con-
slider as relief a trip to the top of
the buildings. No wonder!
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The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25

Accidents Take Heavy Toll of Children

This Is the second OF three articles by
DR.. Fishbein on the health of the pre-
school child. The third will be printed
Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25
Daily Thought

Let nothing be done through
strife or yainglory but in lowli-
ness of mind let each esteem
others better than themselves
Philippians 2:3.
Common sense is in spite Of, not
the result Of, education.-Victor
Hugo.
Are aliens ever admitted as stug
dents to the United States militar.
academy?
BY special acts Of congress sorle
aliens have been admitted.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-07-25

the country so much desired and needed, is in no
position to criticise the legislative branch
His contempt of congress is not shared generally;
and that is fortunate.
To him. members Of the house and senate may be
selected Office boys" he told the San Francisco
Luncheon Club. But, if So what term can he find
for Of his cabinet colleagues?