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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

"TT>HE Captains and the Kings depart" The
II statement is true in quite another sense than
Kipling gave the words Halle Selassie, Lion of the
Tribe of Judah, from his city during its hour
of peril in manner unbeftting lion or king.
According to all laws of self-preservation and
common sense he was justified in his flight. But
how glorious for mankind had he chosen to remain!
How magnificent for the kingly ideal! How inspir-
ing for the soldier who is called upon to die
for kings;
Kings who run away-in the truest sense these
constitute the greatest menace in world. Little
Halle Selasse flying from strongholds they have
vowed to defend, and important statesmen of great
nations deserving principles and bartering ideals
for power or gold or personal prestige, are equal
cravenS at heart
Today our country, for which many brave men
have died and to which other brave men have given
lives of service is facing different sort Of sacking
than that which has taken place in far away Adds
Ababa; but sacking it is nevertheless.
We too are in desperate need of patriots who will
not away.
Barbarian hordes invade the United States
hordes Of self-seeking who to Washington
from every community demanding special favors
for their states cities, regardless of how much
havoc the obtaining of such favors will visit upon
the country as whole. The veteran who individ-
ually offered his life for his country collectively de-
stroys it by periodical raids upon its treasury
To many statesmen and leaders while they speak
feelingy of patriotism, disclosed self seeking
greedy and unpatrotic individuals. In ancient days
captains went down with their ships and kings died
with their men. Is Halle Selassie symbol of some
thing decadent in our world?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
GARDEN TOUR

EXHIBITING II of, the citys most beautiful
~ estates, the Park School Mothers Association
yesterday completed its twoday annual garden tour
Coming in mid-May. when spring blossoms. new
green foliage and leafy branches show Indianapolis
in the full burst of spring, the garden tour was
marked success.
Visitors had unusual opportunity to see beau
tfu rock gardens, beds of early spring flowers and
the best in modern handspring at the private
estates The flower exhibition at Park School added
to the value of the tour.
Park School Mothers Association deserves much
credit tor this enterprise The garden tour not only
helps the school, but It should inspire interest
in home and garden Identification.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
MONDAY, MAY II. 1895.
THE OHIO GANG AT WORK

TN Ohio on Tuesday rank and-f1le Republicans
L will go to the polls to participate in what is
called presidential primary.
But they will have opportunity to vote for
Landon Of Kansas, or Hoover of California or Knox
of Illinois, or Dickinson Of Iowa, or Vandenberg
of Michigan or Steiwer of Oregon-all of whom are
recognized throughout the country being more
or less active G. o. P. presidential candidates.
The ballot will limit Ohio Republicans to a
choice of between:
l. partial slate of delegates pledged to Senator
Borah of Idaho, the only bona fide candidate en-
tered in Ohios Republican primary or
O. A slate of delegates pledged nominally to
Robert A. Taft "favorte son" stalking horse for
a gang of Ohio politicians.
The Taft delegates are the hand-picked TRUSTEES
of Republican State Chairman Ed schorr, who grew
up in the old Harding -Daugherty school of boss
politics, and Republican National Committeeman
Walter Brown the Hoover Postmaster General of
high-hat fame.
If the Borah delegates go to the Cleveland con-
venton, they will vote for Borah and will strength
en- the influence of Borah in drafting liberal
platform
If the Taft delegates go to the convention they
may vote for Landon or Hoover, or Dickinson, or
Knox, or anybody upon whom Messrs. Brown and
Schorr decide. They may even waste their votes
on Robert A. Taft. And they will strengthen the
hands of Messrs Brown and Schorr-which means
the hands of their friend Hoover their friend Boss
Hlles of New York and their friend Boss Roraback
of Connecticut-n drafting a reactionary platform
If some candidates. Landon about to
dogets too far ahead to be stopped, Messrs. Brown
and Shorr will use the delegates to climb to the
winners bandwagon. If the nomination is a con-
test, Messrs. Brown and Schorr true to the tradi-
lions of Ohio gangs will start smoking up another
hotel room.
So the choice of Ohio Republicans is narrowed
down to voting for Borah and liberalism, or voting
for the Ohio gang and Old Guard bossism. For
those Ohio Republicans who have some regard for
the sanctity of their ballots there is no choice
They have to vote for Borah, or admit that they
are pawns.
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HEARD IN CONGRESS

ID EP. BANKHEAD Cd, Ala.): think the names
N of those distinguished Republican, brain trust
ought to be embalmed in the record for the
benefit of posterity applause and laughter).
Rep. Maverick d. Tex): En,balmed is right.
They are dead Intellectually and need it. under
stand they tried to get jobs with the Democrats.
but they were inefficient and ignorant that we
would not hire them. Qaughter).
Rep. Bankhead: That is the common report.
do not know whether that is true or not.
Uaughterl.
D EP. MAVERICK ID, Tex): They dhe Re-
~ publicans) have what they call National
Bungler who is Mr.. Fletcher and he went out and
hired this brain trust.
Rep. Brooks Fletcher Cd, %: Mr. Chairman,
win the gentlemen give the full name-Henry p.
Fletcher-not Brooks Fletcher?
Rep. Maverick: shall be pleased to see that
that is done. Our Democrat Brooks Fletcher, is
the opposite Of the Republican one In every way.
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Breckenridge Holds Roosevelt
Lead to Only 6 to /.

Concerning which, one of our readers tells
story.
da"This headline he writes reminds me Of the
chap who drfted into the saloon all beat to hell,
and told about big fight he had just been in, in
which he licked the other guy within inch of his
life. He said: First hit him in the fist with my
eye; then got my hair in his hands: then rammed
my stomach into his knee; then tripped him and
pulled him down on top of me; then got my fingers
between his teeth and started gouging his fingers
with my eye All in all roughed him up till finally
I got tired and quit"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
TRIBUTE TO MOTHER

MOTHERS DAY was observed yesterday with
A'A flowers, greetings homecomings, special din
ners and other tokens of remembrance
Churches stressed the religious significance of
the day with appropriate sermons and services ie
Mother, for one day in the year, was the ma
TONS guest of honor.
A LII the affectionate acts and words toward
4 mother are fine, but they do not seem to cover
up these stark facts:
Childbirth in America results in $4,000 maternal
deaths yearly.
Most of the country's 100000 delinquent children
are motherless.
An estimated rs per cent of the maternal deaths
are preventabe.
THUS it Is encouraging to see Mothers Day this
IL year marked by the launching of an educational
campaign to reduce the maternal death rate
The indianapolis Medical Society maternal well
fare committee, the indianapolis Council of Women
public health committee, city and county Parent
Teacher Associations the American Legion Auxiliary
welfare division and city and county health depart
mentS cooperating in the campaign.
Medical authorities will speak to PIT A. groups
mothers clubs groups of practicing physicians and
perhaps to high school seniors. An effort will be
made to reach every mother and prospective mother
In the city.
The city's six maternal clinics are definite aid
in this program.
The drive here is to stress the detectives of the
Maternity Center Association of New York: Medical
examination early in pregnancy, frequent prenatal
medical supervision aseptic delivery under super
vision of an obstetrician, prolonged and adequate
care after birth for both mother and baby.
This effort to make motherhood safe for mothers
Is real Mothers Day tribute.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

TINE first three or four months
4 produce the most remarkable
progress in child's existence. In
this early stage, almost every day
marks some distinct growth or de-
velopment in the baby.
1t is important, therefore, that
mothers keep particularly strict
watch on their newly born infants.
The sense of cold and warmth
is not well developed in little babies.
For this reason, mothers should pro-
tect them against cold and warmth
with the right kind of clothing.
A baby one month old will look
first at its mother. 1t will hold
or grasp any object that is put into
its hand. It's eyes will follow NOV
ing light. Occasionally, it will lift
it's head.
Mothers sometimes think they
see a tiny babe smile. Cynics say
that this is simply "gas on the
stomach" Investigators find that
one baby out of 375 can smile
when / month DID,. When it is 2
months old, the baby will smile if
it has anything to smile at.
BY the age Of months, most
babies make cooling noises or CUR
giles. They can cry real tears.
They will also yawn, stretch and
kick.
The eyes of the tiny baby must
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
Watch Your Health

i be protected from strong light. At
the age of 2 months, the baby will
turn its eyes toward a bright light
and learn to blink when the light
is too strong. Babies of this age
also will turn their heads in re-
spouse to spoken voices, and some
times be frightened by a voice
that is too loud or too shrill.
A T 3 months of age, some babies
"A laugh aloud They also will
learn to roll over, so that it is not
safe to leave baby unprotected in
an open bed. At this age, the baby
should always be guarded against
falls.
A 3-month old baby will grunt or
gurgle. and grasp objects in it's vi
entity.
AS the infant grows, it begins to
observe nearby objects. For this
reason, a 4-mQnth- old baby will
study its hands and fingers, and
want to play great deal at feed
ing time. About this time, the
mother may begin to be exasperated
with the difficulty of keeping the
child's attention on its feeding.
The baby will be able to hold its
head steady, so that it will turn
away and begin to demonstrate will
power, occasionally in opposition 20
the mothers idea of what it ought
TO do
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER. ASK THE TIMES!

Q-When was the Saar Valley
plebiscite held?
AIN January, 1885.
Q-What is the name OF the man
who drove large herd of reindeer
from southern Alaska to the Mac
kenzie Delta, near the extreme
northwestern corner of Canada?
A-Andrew Bahr, a Laplander, led
the herd. 1t required six years of
fighting storms, privation and tim
Der wolves to drive the herd across
the Arctic Circle to the destina-
ton.
Q-When was the Federal tax on
gasoline first imposed?
A-June 81, 1882.
Q-How is the name Roosevelt
correctly pronounced?
A-With the long sound of o, as
in go" ''roSe," etc. The Holland
Dutch double letters indicate the
long sound.
Q-Can legislation in Congress
originate in either the House or the
Senate, or must it first be intro
duced in the House and then go to
the Senate?
A-Bills for raising revenue, under
the Constitution, must originate in
the House: any other legislation may
originate in either the House or the
Senate.
Q-Where and when was the com
poser Franz Lehar born? ~
AIN Komarom, Hungary, April
80. 1870.
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see. We'd be wise TO fight shy of
BOTH" Only a straight and honest
thinking person will make such a
statement.
If only one-tenth of our popula-
ton was as well educated as Mrs.
Ferguson we would not be reading
and hearing over the radio the
boasts or organizations saying that
they have two, three, four, five or
more million on their sucker lists.
Of course, they Go not cali them
suckers to their faces.
I hope those who desire to be
educated will read Mrs. Fergusons
column, because have yet to find
a tainted and biased article.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11

addressing any question Of fact or in
formation to The Indianapolis Times
. Washington Service Bureau. 1913 18th
st. N. w., Washington. d. C. Legal and
medical advice can not be given, nor
can extended research be undertaken.
Q.--What is the age and height
of Clark Gable.
Ale is IS years old and six feet
one inch tall.
Q-What is sidereal year?
A-The interval during which
the earth makes one absolute reyo-
luton around the sun is called a
Sidereal year, and consists OF 365
days hours minutes and 9.6
seconds.
Glow can the whiteness of old
and dirty plaster objects be re-
stored?
A-Take finely powdered starch,
quite white, and make a thick paste
with hot water. Apply a thick layer
when still hot, with a flexible
spatula or brush on the plaster OBJ
ject. Let It dry slowly, and when
dry, the starch viii split and scale
off. All the soiled parts of the
plaster will adhere and be drawn off
with the starch. This method of
cleaning does not detract from the
fineness of the model.
Q-What was the retail value of
all alcoholic beverages sold in 1884
and in 1885?
Am 1894 it was estimated at
approximately $4,000, 000, 600; and in
1885. at se225. 000. 600.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
OTHER OPINION
r. a. xxAs
On the Elections
names A. FarIevl


There is not single cloud on the
Democratic horizon.
Every straw that blows points to
the reelection of President Roose-
welt by majority that will march
in step with his election in 1882,
and with the vote of applause and
ratification that swelled out men,
bership in the Senate and the
House of Representatives in 1884.
Some of you night think the de-
scription of a cloudleSs sky is an
exaggeration, in view of the anvil
chorus being sounded by the Re-
publican press and orators; but that
is not a cloud. 1t is merely dust
storm. unpleasant to experience for
the moment, but having no bear
ing on the general state of the
political weather.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
TODAY'S SCIENCE.
BY Science Service

THE wind-swept wastes of the
Il Greenland icecap. the cloud
wrapped summit of a sacred Chinese
mountain, the rocky shores of DESC
late islands in the Atlantic, and the
tropical forests of Central America
were four of the regions visited by
10 scientific expeditions from the
Smithsonian Institution during the
last IL months.
The bones Of dinosaurs which
roamed Montana and Wyoming mil
lions OF years ago, new species of
animals from the Florida keys, sui
phur crystals from the worlds high
est mine located 10000 feet above
sea level on the summit of Mount
Auncan quilcha, Chile, giant Bra
lillian tree-toadS, and microscopic
forms of life from the Arctic Ocean.
were among the treasures brought
back by the Smithsonian savants.
DR.. Charles w. Gilmore collected
a total of two tons of dinosaur
bones. These included the skele-
tons OF several rare specimens. He
also found complete skeleton of
the coryphodon, prehistoric man.
NAL which resembled the hippopota-
mus.
DR.. Doris M. Cochrane headed a
frog collecting expedition to Bra
iii. Among her most interesting
observations we're those of the nests
CT the giant Brazilian tree-toad.
She reports: THE nest was most
surprising bit of architecture, fully
g foot long and four inches high,
made of mud heaped up and hol-
lowed out, crater fashion"
DR.. Waldo J.. Schmitt visited the
Peruvian bird islands" and the
Galapagos.
Capt. Robert A. Bartlett made
collections of plankton microscopic
forms of life in the Artic Ocean.
The Rev. David c. Graham head
ed the expedition which climbed
Mount Omei, a sacred mountain in
the province of Szechwan, China.
DR.. Ales Hrdlicka continued his
explorations on Kodiak Island,
where he found relics of the an
cestors of the American Indian who
made their way from Asia to Amer
lea by way of the islands off the
coast of Alaska.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
BELIEVES IL DUCE
MAY HAVE BLUNDERED


Premier Mussolini considers now
that his Ethiopian campaign has
been completed,
But is victory really established?
That is the question the best mill
tary observers still ponder. Guer-
rilla warfare may go on indefinitely.
they point out.
Ethiopia has very little land suit
able for extensive cultivation. Italy
has owned Eritrea for 40 years and
it's colonization there has been negli-
gible. Is it logical to assume now
that Italy's 100000 overflow popula-
ton can find an outlet in this bar
rem, torrid country?
II Duce may find the whole affair
CHASTITY mistake.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
Our
Town
By
ANTON SCHERRER
ANTON sCHERRER

ITO hear Hugo Ranje tell it, he
\ and Herman Kirkhoff, the
plumber, are the only two left of all
the men who worked on the State
house. TO be sure, it's almost SO
years since the Statehouse was I'm
:shed but, even so, unused Mr.. Ranje,
you'd think there would be more left
to talk over the old times.
Those were the days." says Mr.
Ranje, long hours, lots of fun and
plenty to eat"
Mr.. Ranje remembers best Grover
Cleveland's visit to the Statehouse
on the occasion of Vice President
Hendricks funeral. That was in
1885, or three years before the
Statehouse was completed. Mr.
Ranje figures everything that way
Mr.. Cleveland was so huge, says
Mr. Ranje, that it took the six big
gest horses of c. F. Schmidt's brew
cry to haul him to the StatehouSe
Jack Willis fooled the coach that
day and it was a grand sight To
watch. Mr.. Ranje hasn't seen Mr.
Willis for a long time either.
II
4 ND Charles Martindale is one
A of the very few left who re-
members the famous Negro,
Blanche K. Bruce.
Nobody knows why Mr.. Bruce
came to Indianapolis, but it is gen.
orally supposed that it was because
of bunch that something would
happen to Benjamin Harrison pref
ty soon. Mr.. Bruce had a lot of
lunches in his time and general
ly knew what to do with them.
A Virginian by birth, he moved
to Missouri at an early age, stuck
around Oberlin College two years
and at the age of 81 started bust
ness as a Mississippi planter. Two
years later, in 1868, he was SER
geant-at-arms of the Mississippi
State Senate.
After that, he had new office
every couple of years and the new
office was always an improvement
over the last one. In 1872 he had
more money than he knew what to
do with, which fitted him for the
United States Senate. He served
from 1875 to 1881.
At the expiration of his term.
President Garfield appointed Mr..
Bruce Register of the Treasury, a
position he held for four years.
After that, probably in 1887, he
came to indianapolis.
On Nov. 6, 1888, Benjamin Har-
rison was elected twenty-third
President of the United States.
And sure enough, when he went to
Washington the following spring
he took Mr.. Bruce with him to be
Recorder of Deeds in the District
of Columbia.
Which is why Indianapolis didn't
see more of Mr.. Bruce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11

crime has become increasingly i'm
portant.
The Titterton murder in New
York is case in point. There the
murderer was traced through a
single strand of Irvine. Science
played a decided role, says Police
Commissioner Lewis j. Valentine.
And, in Washington, j. Edgar
Hoover tells us that his laboratory
is the best detective he has in his
department. His files offer adequate
proof of the part that chemistry
and scientific approach in general
mean to law enforcement in
America.
It is a broad hint to every police
department and sheriff's Office in
the country to turn as much as pos
slble to the use of scientific deduc-
tion The day of the dumb cop
of familiar memory is over.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
JUST ONE DAY
FOR MOTHER
BY G. Wade

by u. Wdue
Amt it nice that mother" has
day! One day outer 365 really
set aside for her dayl Such gene
rosity, such tender thoughtfulness
-sakes alive! I says it's downright
magnificent, not to say sweet.
But a course she's s'posed to play
ball-go right on cookin', cleanin',
lookin' out for each and all. Radio
programs all notice her-every adj
vertisement, for any old thing,
deigns to remember mother" once
year! Amt it wonderful, I awsk
you? Amt it grand. Amt it a
swell four-fush to toss all this &C
claim once year to poor little,
dear little, sweet little mother?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
LAUDS. MRS. FERGUSON
FOR COMMON SENSE

BY R. L. Rees. RushyiIle .sA
Mrs. Walter Ferguson is the only
American newspaper columnist that
has attained the Nth degree of
common sense. 1t takes a very in
telligent person to write a sensible
article on Communism. Mrs. Fer
guson proved that she was the only
educated American newspaper: COL
umnist when she wrote the ending
sentences to her discourse on this
controversy between the r. o. T. C.
Association of the United States and
the Communists. Here is what she
said: Just another case of one
propogandist accusing another, you
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
WARNS THAT 10000
MURDERERS ARE AT LIBERTY

By M. M.
Consider your plight as the aver
age American citizen.
There are 100000 people now liv-
ing who will be murdered. You
may be one of them.
There are 10000 actual murder
ers roaming at large One or more
of these may be shadowing your
personal safety.
And, finally, you are inadequately
protected under the law, even if
Justice" is dispensed, because the
average murderer serves only four
years in prison.
These are the startling statistics
of j. Edgar Hoover, head of the
Bureau of Investigation of the De-
partment of Justice. The figures
are so threatening, he says, because
Americas law enforcement agencies
are "hampered, hamstrung, and
strangled by the blood-caked hand
of CONGRATULATED politics."
Think it over.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
PRELUDE
BY MARY WARD

Springs orchestra has a clarinet
That pipes from dawn to dark.
And none has captured its music
yet
Notes of the meadow larkl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
VICTORY!

T>HE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. proposing face
tiously Pulitzer prize for propaganda headlines,
nomnates the following cleaned from the New York
American:
MARYLAND VOTE
HITS NEW DEAL
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11

SCIENCE GAINING GROUND
IN CRIME DETECTION
By K. N.
If you follow the crime news of
the day, you may observe that the
role of science in the solution of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11

VX7HEN the cup of any sensual
w pleasure is drained to the
bottom, there is always poison in
the dregS.-Jane Porter.
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The HOosier Forum
dlsapproUe OF a0hat yoW say-and will defend
to the death your right to say it.-Votaire.

Times readers are tnUited TO cypress
their ptetos in these columns, religious
controversies excluded. MIKE uour letters
short. SO all con haze chance. Limit
them to ESQ toOrds or less. Your letter
mast be stoned. but names toih be
withheld on re0uesti