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THE INDIANAPOLIS ING STAR EBRUARY IV 1907 v'' INDIANAPOLIS MORNING STAR I ounded 1823ounded 1903 The Indianapolis Journal 'I'The Indianapolis Star TELEPHONE CALLS Either Phone 4000 Private Exchange cob Mctlnff all departments jT Entered at Indianapolis as Second Class Matter fU TERMS SUBSCRIPTION: Dally Ono Cent Sunday ive Cents Dally and Sunday (one week) Ten Cents Daily without Sunday (one week) Six Cents Dally and Sunday (one year) 1500 Dally without Sunday (one year) 300 Sunday (one year) 250 'I PUBLISHED DAILY AT vl Star Bldg 58 Monument Place Indianapolis New York office 1315 latiron Building Chicago office Boyce Building to be held in factories 100 daily for ten days Th'ey will ask the employes to give twenty minutes of their noon ten to be devoted to music and ten to a straight heart to heart talk In this way they hope to prove to the workingmen that the church takes an Interest in them The experiment is worth while If men will not go to church and min isters admit that they will not it is ob vious that the church must go to them fare of mankind as a motive but ho de lights in the pursuit for itself or lie would find it hard to continue it Thomas Edison it can not be doubled has taken more pleasure in working out his many Inven tions than he has derived from the mar velous things after they have been com pleted And about some of these pursuits there is an attraction and an interest of It Is certainly doubtful whether the number of judges in Marion County should be increased but In the opinion of many a better proposal is that contained In adventure that invite even the layman Take for Instance a tour soon to be made by Prof Agassiz and a party of scientists among the West India islands The circulation of The Star yester day was 96938 RIDAY EBRUARY 8 1907 fei The Olive bill offers Itself as an olive Sjjf bianch your enlightened taste fall on the denatured valentine tj 'Glass factories should not throw stones at the child labor bill What the House Judiciary Committee did to the Beveridge child labor bill was certainly a plenty omes t10 cheerful Hill and pre dicta an increase of freight rates That man ought to be suppressed Mr Oliver does not seem to have much trouble In getting a few millions of back ing for hit Panama Canal bid Count Boni de Castellane Is going to 44 take an appeal As he can not get any thing else he should not be grudged this little satisfaction it ll I The gentlemanly holdup man Insinu ates that he lias robbed no one but liarsThis: might go if he had not gone througli one newspaper man The assaults on wealth In this country are becoming alarming A California horse has kicked a millionaire inflicting probably fatal injuries Jockey Miller may now be put on exhi bition with our most eminent pugilists as meriting a law prohibiting their earning rmore than $50000 a year along with in surance presidents There seems to have been nothing inwitness testimony sufficient tojshock the experienced ears of the Thaw women The vocabulary of ifth avenue and Pittsburg is large and representative Like enough if Representative Thornton did dip his Alaskan reed into the lava of Mt Vesuvius and write across the canopy heaven "Labor I love some Ir ft reverent member would move to strike It out Sf The admission of the ice cream dealers that the pure food law will ruin their Blf business will probably not check the de mands of the young ladles who Insist on supplies of frozen corn starch arrow root Ig and water The haste to get gambling apparatus out of the State after the Introduction of a bill providing for Its destruction Is a potent argument for the prompt passage I of the bill Nobody can give any sound reason for opposing it 1 If Representative Thornton Is really looking for a good high place to stand i hila dipping his Alaskan reed In the lava I of Vesuvius why doesn't he take the Rockies or even the Alps instead of the comparatively level Alleghenies? It appears that the reason for no nppro 44 pnation to the Chicago and Mississippi Ship Canal was the amount appropriated for No Even Chicago must admit that 7 is an encouraging start and it is just as well to dam it so that It a can not get away It was certainly hard luck for tlie Mason family to be scarcely located at jl Monarch Colo before being destroyed by a snowslide The most remarkable atura of it is that Monarch Is not subject to snowslides and this i nna hoalza Va i i 1 i Mr whiskers did not save him any more than Is there a reaction from the psychological mood that gave us Hughes and other notable hirsute pt Mbits in the national gallery of fame? It certainly bodes nr good to the senatorial aspiratlpns of Ilim Lewis Delmas the Californian is not only a nrfmnu1 Inwvor hut errnot nrntnr His notable speeches and addresses on civil government and jurisprudence have I been Issued In book form He is a Demo and a Catholic having been born in rance sixty three years ago He has amassed a large fortune and Ilves in a grand Spanish mansion in Santa Clara County the Senate bill to increase the salary of judges from $2500 to $3500 It has been the commendable practice in In diana to elevate to the bench lawyers of such ability that they can afford to leave a good practice and then to keep them there The just and wise judge should be wrell paid and should be re moved by his own qualities and by the standard of his salary from the necessity of lobbying for adequate monetary re muneration for his services We be speak for the faithful and hard working judges of Indiana a respectful considera tion of the bill increasing their salaries Home Kule for Cities Whether a city should govern itself or be ruled by the Governor at the distant State capital is a question which In diana's urban residents are discussing with concern but it is complicated and Its merits are obscured by the question of controlling saloons and vice The ad visability of home rule as a principle can hardly be seen for the heated con troversies that envelop it The naked truth about this business is that under a liberal Governor temperance towns crave home rule and under an antl saloon Governor home rule is exactly what they don't want Under Governor IJanly the antl saloon element in many cities lias played upon his sympathies to such an extent that much of his time and energy lias been drawn away from State affairs to the endeavor to adjust purely local fights cities It is no wonder he Is willing to welcome the escape from vexatious and thankless re sponsibility which the impending repeal of the metropolitan police law promises to give him On its merits however the question is not easy There Is no divinely ordained or inherently fit system of government Any and every form of government mon archy republic democracy must be ap proved or condemned by the results it gives In practice the demonstration It affords that it is the form of government best adapted to the community to which it applies People under the jurisdiction of the United States are dwelling under many forms of government ranging from statehood through organized territories like Arizona semi organized territories like Alaska protectorates like Cuba'i modified protectorates like llawmil Porto Rico and the Philippines disfranchised dependencies like the canal zone and the District of Columbia to crown colonics like Guam and Tutulla People get the gov ernment that they can maintain and that seems best for them The monarchic sys tem that works well in Great Britain might not work In Russia The repre sentative system that works well in the United States broke down in Cuba Whether home rule or State rule is best for Indiana cities is not accordingly a matter of abstract principle but it is the question which form will yield the best results As It is better to have good government under a king than bad gov ernment under a democracy so it is better to have good government from a Gov ernor than bad government from a cor rupt council and a cowardly chief of police It must be admitted that the metropol itqfi police law in its operation and judged by its results affords a good deal of countenance to the pressure from the State at large under which the Indiana House of Representatives by a vote of 73 to 19 passed the bill repealing the law The best efforts of the Governor exerted in many directions have brought results in cities which can only be disappointing to the well meaning friends of the law If a city is determined on a policy it becomes a grave question how effective outside interposition even from the Governor can be made In practice the law lias introduced elements of confusion tind rancor into local poli tics Its tendency undoubtedly Is to educate a community to shoulder upon I the distant State Government a duty which It may be too lazy or too incotn petent to do for itself it runs counter to whatever value or pertinence inheres in the American doctrine of municipal home rule and It lays the foundation of Infinite mischief whenever the chair to take deep sea soundings and among other things to study the effect upon the bottom of the ocean of the recent earth quake at Jamaica and the phenomena of waterspouts which follow an earthquake for a considerable period It does not need great scientific knowl edge to understand the pleasure that must belong to such an undertaking apart from its practical results The mysteries of the sea have a charm for nil who have imagi nation and the glimpses of its floor seen from a boat drifting In shallows stirs admiration and wonder There is no more fascinating study even for the non scicntlfic than physical geography es pecially that part of it which relates to the winds and currents and meteorology of the ocean This being true it follows that Prof Agassiz and ins brethren will enjoy the poetry and romance of science on this tour and though they will doubtless add to the sum of the world knowledge they will themselves have gained much more than mere dry scientific data The best rewards of the best work are not covered by a bank account or measured by public applause A Good Cause The Association sets a good example by making its donation to the Armory Association unconditional and it will unquestionably be followed by other subscribers malting it possible to give a clear title to the armory property to the State in case the appropriation of $25000 needed to complete the armory is grant ed by the Legislature There has been about $17000 expended on it already but the additional expenditure is required to make it accommodate all the militia or ganizations Including the signal and hos pital corps Thus far the undertaking has been the enterprise of private effort but the armory ought to be State property The militia is a State Institution and is called upon for service In all parts of the State as well as outside in ease of need The United States has recognized Its fair burden in the matter by the establish ment and maintenance of Benjamin Harrison and the State should justly take on its part of the expense as It certainly can well afford to do so when It Is met half way as in this case by private effort It should be kept In mind as 'to all militia service that it is very largely a matter of public spirit on the part of a portion of the community The men who go Into It give their time and labor vol untarily and even in time of actual serv ice their compensation Is merely nom inal The public which gets the benefit of their service should certainly be will ing to furnish housing for their equip ment and a place for drill There is the more reason for this as the Indiana mili tia under the existing laws is rapidly developing into a most creditable organ ization There should be no opposition to the appropriation asked IiCfislature Intimidated The bill prohibiting the labor nf chil dren under 16 years nf age in glass fac tories at night is killed Itwas killed by the big glass manufacturers in the name of labor The immediate cause of death was unquestionably the speech of Repre sentative Thornton against it in which among other glowing utterances he said: If I were endowed with some omnipotent power I would ascend the loftiest peak of the Alleghenies and from there would pluck a reed from the far away shores of Alaska I would dip It into the lava of Mt Vesuvius and would write across the canopy of the heavens in blazing letters: I love thee" Before this awful picture the advocates of the bill simply shriveled up and passed away in smoke What the sulphurous ether are you going to do with a man that openly threatens such a course? The highest peak of the Appalachian system is Mt Mitchell hi North Carolina which rises to a height of 6710 feet Standing on this Mr Thornton proposes to reach 5621 miles to the coast of Alaska for a reed There are no reeds on coast of Alaska but he could get a glacier or a crag or an Eskimo totem pole any of which would serve his pur pose better as a reed would burn up when dipped In the lava of Vesuvius Topics of Interest in the ebruary Magazines Success Magazine for ebruary has as its opening article an account of the leg islative reference department established by Charles McCarthy In the Wisconsin State House on his own initiative and re sponsibility and of the success it has achieved It was the first of its kind In the United States but the plan is being adopted elsewhere Incidentally in Indi ana! former State Librarian Henry hav ing Established such a bureau in connec tion with the library and upon the advice of Mr McCarthy The ebruary number of the World To day contains a variety of interesting con tributions Among them is one telling of the practical results of the study of as tronomy In their application to matters affecting the daily life There Is a chap ter about Makers of the New a discussion of the subject Reformatories by Samuel al president of the Board of Managers of the Illinois State Reformatory His conclusion drawn from the statistics of several institutions including the Indiana Reformatory al Jeffersonville is that they do Clara Louise Burnham writes about Mrs Eddy and Christian Science from the Christian poini of view Arthur Bartlett Maurice contributes to the ebruary Bookman an exhaustive study and estimate of Boot literary achievements His conclusions are of a complimentary character The ebruary Bookman announces that Prof Harry Thurston eck has ceased to take an active part in the direction of that magazine Prof Peck has been editor in chief since the founding of the periodical rances Hodgson Burnett Alice Hogan Rice George Madden Martin author of John Kendrick Bangs and Carolyn Wells arc aniuT the contributors to the ebruary St Nicholas it is not necessary to say ti'reforc that young readers have much in the number to entertain them The Architectural Record for ebruary contains a description and picture of the on Riverside Drive New York Lt is Impressive in appearance and docs credit to the taste of the Steel Trust man's architect Phinoas Parkhurst Quimby described in Magazine as the man from whose teachings Mrs Eddy derived her ideas is the'one upon whom that branch of the cult who call themselves follow ers of the base their faith They say that only a part of his doctrines ami ideas are yet in use since many of them are too advanced to be comprehended by beginners William Allen eulogy in Mc of Roosevelt as force of right is classed by the editor of the magazine as probably the view of the average man ami as view example of such a man wholesome hon est sturdy and essentially human stand ing without compromising or budging for simple Justice between men says Me Clurc's more to America than a million miles of railroad and a navy belching smoke upon a hundred skies or men and nations are great only when their ideals arc high and as daily lives do not sharne their The Reader Magazine for ebruary is an out of door number its leading articles having to do with motoring ballooning and other sports This choice of subject for midwinter is perhaps based on the theory that men who expect to indulge in such sports when summer comes must be reminded of them In advance The best bit of writing in the number is Montrose Moses's account of the running of a fast train between and New York miles in 1000 A striking bit of photographic art in Magazine for ebruary is a series of photographs reproduced in tint showing the lights of Manhattan Martin pleasantly discusses these lights The number contains a good deal of fiction the best of which is the install ment of Gilbert serial He has found nw material and is presenting it in an attractive way Maurice Ma cd contributes another fascinating essay on Intelligence of He sees marvels in what the dull observer regards as commonplace Delect of National Drug Law American Medicine The dreadful defect of the law is so immoral that it is really a national dis grace It is permissible to make anything for export no matter how filthy or dan gerous or fraudulent if a foreign buyer orders it and It is not In conflict with the of the country to which it is sent If a Chinese merchants wants cheap canned beef made from diseased cattle he may have it for China has no laws on this subject so far as we know If an other man wants sausages made of dogs he can get them here if dogs are eaten in his country We have published to the world that we will do anything no mat ter how low if there is a demand for it and there's money in it There is no longer any necessity for the destruction of tuberculosis or himpy jawed cattle for they may bn exported as food wherever required This will add a cent or two a pound to the profits of the packer and though it may jeanardlzc his chances of heaven he care for that If he gets the extra penny to Use here The effect is a surrender to the crim inal business element indeed a worseone Is not found in the history of American legislation Wo van not imagine what Congress was dreaming about when it in formed the world that we are a race of scoundrels low enough to do anything for money They should repeal this proviso of the second section at once and tell the whole world we are honest that Ameri can exports are correctly labeled with contents and date and that we never send out anything filthy diseased or harmful even though some savages or barbarians mav demand it Let it be known that we wish to lift the moral tone of the world and not make money by low ering it and that American goods do not need examination or testing for they are safe and sound and exactly what the label says they are Mrs Beckwith granddaughter of 1 Lincoln whose husband lias just secured a divorce from her on the ground ot desertion illustrates the ar gument that hasty marriage encourages divorce evil The young woman eloped a few years ago with Beckwith to whom het parents objected and dis V'' 4m A wrAVTW tKo! 'VUYVIVU 4X4 Of OUV1 uuuo tnui jiv parents knew what they were talking about I Apropos of the child labor question it may be noted that the present law pro hiblts the employment of children under JJ14 years of in establishments ufacturing iron steel nails metals ma chinery or But we are told i that prohibition of labor at night by children under 16 years of age wouldirufn the glass manufacturing industry monument it What tommyrot! What appalling tom i myrot! The House did a good thing in passing Representative Pottawatomi i bill It would be worth more than it will cost to school kchlldrn4hat there was an Important In fs dlan mission at Twin Lakes In this State A great many people have a jhazy Idea that all of the Indian mission rworK inruns country was aone oyuouu Eliot and ather Marquette They ought be relieved of this delusion and to b'e Informed that Indiana has some history ln that line is occupied by a man out of sympathy with rigid enforcement of laws aghinst saloons and vice Scientific Pleasures Some of the most interesting work that goes on in the world attracts the least at tention It is done in the seclusion of the laboratory tlic work shop or in research along scientific lines in various remote parts of the earth Com mercial and political matters are given prominence in newspapers the work of reformers nf the benevolent and of the literary folk is chronicled accidents sports amusements are accorded space and the goings to and fro of all sorts of people consequential and otherwise are described until the public believes that it is getting a birdseye view of all the activities But the scientist works alone or with his chosen few associates until such time as he has something definite to offer to the public He enjoys his work however as he goes along Except possibly to the creator of literature who writes because he must because his thoughts call for ex pression there is perhaps no greater en joyment in work than experienced by the student in the laboratory or work shop The man like Koch or Pasteur who spends years of his life tn developing an a The ministers of New York have just Jjeguni a series of 1000 gospel meetings IM A anti toxin nr in differentiating the germ of some destructive disease has the wel But having reached to this extent NW Mr Thornton would reach back ward 10846 miles to Mt Vesuvius for his writing fluid and then upward to the canopy a distance varying from 87962 535 miles to 197321622 miles according to various authorities and make his in scription which have to be much larger than the proposed automobile num bers to be seen by the average citizen When the representatives in their eyes saw Mr Thornton in this really dif ficult undertaking on the pinnacle of Mt Mitchell they could form but one con clusion Ho would fall off! But where would he light? Imagination staggers at this question Possibly on the frozen shores of Alaska Possibly in the tossing waves of the At lantic Possibly In the crater of Vesuvius No one could say But it Is practically cer tain that he would bo permanently In jured If not killed And then! Unques tionably the State would be put to the ex pense of a special election for his suc cessor There was but one thing for an econo'mlcal Legislature to do under such circumstance's and that was to kill the bill at once Perhaps at a later date it may be possible to get Mr Thornton anchored on low ground where he will be perfectly safe and then resume legislation for the protection of children in glass factories llut not now Allah forbid! NOTHING EECTIVE WANTED Crawfordsville News Review Tt is said hv Republican legislators that they want to pass an anti trust measure but that are various views as to just how far reaching a of this sort should Sure! That is what has stood in the way for twelve years The Repub licans want any laws Such a law might accidentally reach a real trust Spasms of the humorists you think yni could stop crying if I gave you a penny little mum I stop for 50 cents Judge vulgar Mrs Nuritch can talk of nothing but her lino of conversation is naturally a clothes line You know she was a laudress before they struck Baltimore American irst Traveler (cheerily) ine day It? Second Ditto (haughtily) Sir! You have the advantage of me know' you! irst Traveler Humph! 1 fail to see the advantage Town and Country Miles Goodwin is a tender hearted sort of chap he? Giles You bet he is Why when on a crowded car he always holds a newspaper before his face so he see the suffering of the poor tired women who are hanging on to the straps Chicago Daily News Parson Bagster Dar no use uh and polly nose yuh machines Dey won't work and dey ever gwlne to needer Do Lawd never intended de air to be circumambulated Brother Snike Yessah but lemme ax how yo' spec uh gwine git to heaven go Puck Serious and Otherwise In the Legislature At this time Representative John Joyco of Terre Haute a Democrat holds the record for introducing the most bills In the House He is the father of seven teen Representative William reuchlen icht of Wayne another Democratic and Charles C' Kelley of Knox a Repub lican are tied for second place witty twelve each Gus Condo of Marlon and Horace Hanna of Plainfield both Rcpub licans are tied for third place with ten each and Brown of Salem a Dem ocrat comes next with nine On the other hand Edward Zeis of Oxford a Republican and George' Rentschler of ulton a Democrat have introduced no bills Those who have one to their crediteare Burns Dwyer Hottel Johnston Oberting Vizard Wade Car michael Holloway Hostetter and Reed of ountain With two to their credit are Barkley Coble aulkner leming Gar rard Kleckner Knlsely Louden Morton Porter Ratliff and Ulrich Senator Nathan Hawkins of Port land is the author of a tax collecting bill that Is looked upon as a corker by county treasurers who know how hard It Is to separate some people from their money twice a year The treasurers say that It the Hawkins bill is passed the tax dodgers will all reform and join church 4 OB I mm il SENATOR NATHAN HAWKINS and that at the end of the first year Hie State will be something like $3000000 better off That ought to help some the addition to the churches of some of tiie present dodgers Senator Hawkins is also something of a trust buster As far back as eight veins ago he attempted to break up what he calls the but failing in the courts he decided to come to Legislature to make an anti trust law' for the courts to work on So be had him self elected to the Senate from Jay and Randolph Counties His father Judge Hawkins represented these two coun ties in the Legislature in 1847 just fifty years ago Miss Grace Carney and several of her pupils of the Hopewell High School vis ited Hie General Assembly yesterday Hopewell is in Senator district and he did Hie honors by supplying the guests with directories and other pamph lets descriptive of the Legislature Senator Goodwine entertained the coun ty commissioners of Warren County and Ele Stansbury county attorney yester day 'I'he county commissioners are Alexander Charles Lowe and Andrew McKinney With the county attorney they had been inspecting court houses in a number of counties getting Ideas for the new temple of justice to be erected in Warren County Senator Cavins offered an amendment to a bill that make the measure asked some one not the supreme court held such a bill to be will said Senator Cavins if you want me to do so I can right now give my unqualified opinion which is di rectly opposite to that of the supreme said Senator Hugg way you have amended this bill strikes out the enacting I replied Senator Cavins should be changed That is a good commented Senator Hugg dryly the Supreme Court might not want a law without an enacting Among the visitors in the Legislature yesterday were Maj Menzies of Mt Vernon James Goodrich of Winches ter Enos Porter and A Randall of Shelbyville Will razee and Lon Riggs of Rushville Judge Jarnos Clark of Danville John Seldomridge of Mrs Downey and Miss Spolman of Shelbyville former Senator Newhouse of Greensburg and William Hough of Green field Senators Benz and Bingham who have been on the sick list for a few days re turned to their desks on the Democratic side of the Senate yesterday Lieutenant Governor Miller enjoys the reputation of being the hardest working person around the Senate chamber He seldom leaves liis desk in the evening until about two hours after adjournment He puts in the time arranging the work for next day Students of the New Palestine High School visited the Legislat ure yesterday in the charge of Prof Elmer Andrews The Hartford City High School is coming to day The following dialogue occurred be tween Representative Horace Hanna and Representative Babcock who sit oppo site each other on the west side of the House chamber: Mr Hanna What kind of a bill is that they are discussing now? Air Babcock Dunno guess its some thing about some court in southern In diana Mr Hanna Well I know any thing about it so I ll vote against it STUDIES IN THE VERNACULAR Chicago Tribune remarked the girl at 4the collars and cuffs counter dropcher handchif said the girl with the earrings stooping and picking something up from the floor wunnigot zallpicout I maskin frlnfertna Hoojer reckon I sawrubberen round joorcoun ter you didn't know!" Howja Mine blzzen gitcherdanderuplil taknjok bebbutallfum you Julepink ney! yougrullongorile But here the floorwalker happened along To Re tho bill Communications Intended for these columns must be brief and the editor reserves the privilege of cutting them should limitations of space so require Wo arc in i righteousness in me for there is nothing in it soldiers would against it tion There ig nothing which a woman needs which it does not supply Does she need a home? Surely the great State of Indiana which leads in stf many noble and philanthropic 4 ti institution to It is not for DISTINCTION BETWEEN MINDS To The Indianapolis Star: An editorial in The Star nf Wednesday entitled of affords an opportunity tq point the distinction made in Christian Science teaching between the so called human mind designated mind of the in the Scriptures and that infinite divine creative gov erning inolligenco designated by Paul the which was also in Christ This distinction is indicated by Mrs Eddy throughout her writings by the capitalization of the word when used in the del tic sense It will be recalled that the fleshly mind which seems to dominate largely all human reasoning is characterized by the Bible by wilfulness stubborness selfishness hatred passion etc and is conducive only to discord suffering and failure Each individual being endowed according to belief with such an independent mind there is en tailed a coufllcHou of interests ambi tions hopes and purposes and constant action and reaction of many minds in the pursuit of varied interests is the prolific source of all human suffering such mental action in the end ac cording to tlto verdict of the Scriptures The mind of Christ on Hie other hand is clearly conducive to health hope peaop unselfishness success and life Gov erned by such a mind the individual like our great Master breathes at every stop the benign prayer my will God but 'rhino he done" Josus indeed prayed that his followers might be of one mind but he specified that this oneness should be of the same nature as His own indis soluble relationship with the ather THE A UND To The Indianapolis Star: Indianapolis A will own a commodious building in the near future Last spring some notable meetings were held at the A which were at tended by representative business and men who Tvere convinced that the valuable lot at 329 North Penn sylvania street ought to have a new build ing on it as soon as money can be raised to put it there A splendid committee was secured whose chairman is Mr Terry of the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company Other members of the committee are Messrs Volney Malott treasurer Hiram Brown secretary A Barnes Thomas Day Arthur Jordan James Eaglesiield Caleb Denny HenryV Bennett Winfield Miller Charles Moores Louis Blaker Edgar Evans Allison Warren II Simmons John Dalyrymplo Arthur Baxter Samuel Dunean Jesse Moore It is not generally known that a post ponement was necessary just as all prep arations for an active canvass had been made because of the disaster in San ran cisco claimed the w'ork of these same gen tlemen Last fall the work was resumed and the gentlemen have done effective work toward getting pledges which are to no reaeemea wirnin two rears ccntly five pledges of $5000 each have been made by five men who thus have set thp pace through their own gifts Smaller pledges have amounted tp over $4000 so that nearly one third of the en tire amount asked for has been raised Last week the national economic secre tary Miss Mary Dunn arrived from New York city to remain several weeks as the leader and helper of earnest men and women who determined to secure it possible the entire fund of $100 000 during this month so that the old house now used can be torn down and the foundation put in for the new building as early as the weather will permit The work of the Young Woman's Christian Association appeals to every thoughful heart It is broad in its scope and is not done by' any other organ iza young try to Every movements will not be slow to act me ostannsnment oi an grannie with this disease a set of costly buildings that the bill asks but for land sufficient to build suita ble tents or shacks for dwelling and abundant room for plenty of outdoor exer cise it is the judgment of profes sion that climarc has very little to do with the cure of consumption It is air and sunshine the patient needs and both these arc obtainable in Indiana Thousands of poonle in Indiana will look with interest upon the action of this General Assembly If they fail to appropriate sufficient money to begin scientific and proper treatment of this white plague it will certainly retard for two years a movement which should have been started long ago During tlie period intervening this and the next session of the General Assembly JOIO will die in Indiana from tuberculosis Surely this awful fact should lead men to arise above more natty or financial reasons and for the sake of the health and happiness of our people give us a State institution for the prevention and cure of tuberculosis ALBERT HURLSTONIL Indianapolis eb 7 TEN THOUSAND LIVES MENACED BY CONSUMPTION To The Indianapolis Star: ew questions of greater importance will engage the attention cf the Legis lature of this State now in session than the establishment of a State sanitarium for the exclusive treatment of patients suffering from tuberculosis That such a is greatly needed must be apparent to every person who has followed modern research in this matter I'he first State to institute such a sani tarium in the United States was Mas sachusetts and recently New York New Jersey Iowa Illinois Maine and others have begun the building of similar in stitutions It is now a well established fact that consumption is a preventable disease and that if taken in its incipiency may be cured It is also true that to combat consumption successfully requires the combined action of wise government well trained physicians and an intelligent peo ple A process of education has been going nn in this State for several years upon this question and the people are greatly indebted to the State Board of Health and to medical men of the State who in season and out of season have warned the people of this insidious and deadly foe The horrors of war not more alarming than are the terrible facts Which face us in connection with the slaughter of men women and dren by consumption Sociologically economically and medically tuberculosis is of greater Importance than any other disease which afflicts the human race It is estimated that tuberculosis causes two million deaths annually Taking United States 150000 die every year from consumption It destroys almost 5000 every 'year in Indiana We do not fully realize awful significance of this con dition which confronts us Walking through the corridors of the State House we notice the charts of the secretary of the State Board pf Health on this question and they are sufficient to startle the thoughtful members of the Legislature into immediate action They reveal plain every day facts which are i being overlooked by the people who are being slaughtered by this enemv of health of our people Of the total 4863 deaths from ion there were: Males 1873 females 2890 mothers 18 to 40 790 fathers 18 to 40 425 orphans under 12 years of age 2515 Homes made fatherless or motherless 1215 Surely this can be stopped in a large measure The death rate has been largely reduced in other States the State Govern ment has taken notice of the evil and es tablished rigid methods for its preven tion and The scourge of smallpox which a hun dred years ago swept whole runirnunltles gave enormous numbers over to death and disfigured the faces of nearly all who survived has become almost a thing of the past where vaccination is thoroughly and systematically enforced Medical men know how to handle this plague Give them encouragement and they will do as much for tuberculosis No other disease or calamity entails so much suf fearing and loss to the State as tubercu losis A ghastly procession of mon and women in the prime of life drawn from the intelligence and strenght of our own families and friends marches steadily to the grave Not the children and babies not the aged and decrepit whose days of greatest usefulness arc past but the young and strong and vigorous are chosen victims of this monstrous plague most deadly work is upon those individuals who from 20 to 40 years of age Thus State is de prived of multitudes of its most needed workers We cannot fold our hands in resignation and say it is the will of God We have an individual responsibility We fall into panic at the mention of small pox diphtheria or scarlet fever An epi demic of typhoid arouses us to frantic en ergy and the most drastic preventive measures But wo sit down humbly be fore consumption whoso breath brings death to almost twice as many persons Tn Indiana as die from smallpox diphtheria scarlet fever and 'typhoid This suffering and loss can be prevented by the early recognition of the disease and its rational treatment in a propcrlv managed sanitarium By authority of last General Assembljuthe Governor appointed a to investigate ways and means of treating tuberculosis They have been thorough and painstaking in their researches and present their re port to this Legislature nutest details of His eventful career We read also that the disciples of our Lord after Ilis ascension of one accord in one but their unique position as the personal students of lesus would lead us to infer that they were thus one not in the purpose of achieving selfish Interests but in the single aim and ef fort to know Him to know aright is life It was also upon the basis of such oneness with the mind of Christ that healing ability was promised and it is on the same basis that promise is today being in a gratifying degree realized in the results accruing from the effort of Christian Scientists In no sense does the healing result from the action or operation of the human mind position to judge the of uiiriinso aim nr nffnrt incident basing 'rhe Star's edi llt WO in a nnsitinn ucuort positively and we hope that we have shown with a reasonable degree of clear ness that mental telepathy or any other phase of so called human mind plays no part in the theory or practice of Christian Science STANHOPE EASTERDAY Christian Science Committee on Publi cation for Indiana VIE WS I HE PE OPEE INDIGNANT VETERAN The Indianapolis Star: want to enter iny protest against McCurnber so called service pension because it is not a service pension bill be cause it is a graded old age bill with a nickname tacked on because it Is de lusive deceptive and misleading and "will never satisfy the old soldiers and it ought not for there is nothing in it for us Louis Ludlow comes out with a great flourish and says the cherished of the old soldiers of the civil and Mexican wars for tlie service pension act that will remove those who are helpless and destitute from theshadow of' the poorhouse is about to be realized What rot! Whom will that bill keep out of the poorhouse? The soldier who is 70 years old and is only drawing $12 a month will be raised to $15 that will give him $3 a month more $36 a year or 10 cents per day if 70 years old and getting $14 per month he will get a raise of $1 per month $12 per year or 3 1 3 cents per day if he is 70 years old and is getting $15 per month what will be get? He gets soup and the thinnest that ever down a neck There will not be a bean in it Whom will 10 rents or 3 1 3 cents a day keep out of the poorhouse? What will 3 1 3 cents or 10 cents a day buy these times? I feel like saying about this bill what Tillman did about the in his speech at Chicago You all know what he said so I will let it go at that Mr Ludlow says this law will cost $15 000000 outlay Will it? What will it be laid out for? Will he please tell us how he figures it out? I hav been figuring a tittle on this thing and I can not make that amount or anything like it If there are 400000 soldiers 70 years old how many of them would he getting $12? How many $14? How many $15? 1 am an old soldier and was in the army over 1500 days 1 am 65 years old and I get $12 per month pension and I am against that bill if I never get any more i wisii an oia on record either for or WILT AM HOBART A 31st Ind Vet Vol Inft Ind WANTS COMRADES TO CHEER UP I To The Indianapolis Star: worry comrades over that Mc Cumber bill Congress has not passed any service pension as yet but I sincere ly believe it will do so Keep your minds cool Of course under the Constitution of our forefathers and the organic law of tle commonwealth in which you live you have a perfect right to fume and fret but to do so is to enfeeble and prostrate yourself There is no use in working yourselves into a passion over tlie per plexing problems which everywhere re main unsettled KeepAiool on the pension problem and let your minds comrades dwell on the refreshing breezes the lakes and parks and forests of Indiana And please remember that the right and wrong methods of baptism are still being dis cussed Will the uhbaptized infants saved? So are the right and wrong methods of pension legislation being dis cussed It is to be hoped all worthy sol diers will be favored with a pension be fore they die VETERAN room at its disposal is filled and then ef forts are made to find in private homes the right comforts and protection for these homeless 'strangers Every week from twenty to fifty young women hear sorrowful statement room is Everyfall from twenty five to fifty teachers are in search of just such a home as the A could give in a new building There are at least 2 000 young women in this city who would probably be glad to live under 1 the auspices of the A if it could work out its present plans for both the cottage and boarding annexes Within the last few months an exam pie has been set for Indianapolis by the notable gifts which have been made In South Bend Ind Scranton Pa and Grand Rapids Mich to help to provide for young business women the boarding places where they may live at a moder ate expense in security and happiness Such a boarding annex will be built on the north end of the lot and will ac commodate at least twenty five women The Young Christian Associa tion will feel that it had taken a new lease of life when it is in possession of a clean well lighted and ventilated comfortably heated and roomy building A very plain exterior is proposed but every foot of space inside will be arranged to meet practically some need of the many women who will swarm its rooms from morning to night i The administration building is designed to contain offices class rooms for bible cooking and sew'lng clubrooms for young women from industrial concerns parlor lunchroom restroom and auditorium It will be open from 9 to 9:30 every week day and during the afternoon on Sunday At its boarding annex applications may be made earlier or later The fact that the Young Chris tian Association has begun need not at all interfere with the progress with the Young Christian canvass Simultaneous campaigns and even joint campaigns have beenzmade in other cities Men and womnn hold both associations of great importance and times were never so good as now last year has been the best ever known in the history of the country and 1907 blds fair to exceed its excellent record The spirit of sharing gifts with both as sociations should promote the feeling of generosity for a double advantage will come to this city if both institutions have the chance to do their work in a more un hampered way The site on Pennsylvania street Is an excellent one and it will be a matter of pride to have it redeemed by being covered by a building which the wives the daughters and the sisters in the families of our citizens will greatly enjoy A IIm 1 i 'f I 1.