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First Uses of Magnetic Compass
Said to Haze Been by Chinese

Standards says: 1.-THE question
whether or not one will be killed de-
ponds on the resistance of the contact
with the electric current and is indie
pendent of the voltage, since the true
resistance of the body is low, in the
neighborhood of 20 to 25 ohms. 1t has
been determined that more than rs
milliamperes of current is dangerous
and that approximately 100 milliam-
peres will result in suspended ANNA
ton. That does not mean. however,
that the person will be killed since it
Is poss BILE to resuscitate him by means
Of artificial respiration if undertaken
soon enough after the shock has been
received. From the foregoing it is
evident that it is entirely possible for
a man to be killed by a low voltage if
the contact resistance is sufficiently
low.
Q.-What is the largest railroad in
the United States?
A-The Chicago. Milwaukee & st.
Paul. Mileage owned, 10,236.5S miles;
mileage operated, 10272.5S subsi-
diary mileage. 1888.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-09-12
IRELANDS CIVIL WAR DEADLLER
THAN STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM

dozens Of men killed and wounded,
and hundreds in prison.
Many Casualties
That is the story of the part Of Ire
land known as the Irish Free State.
To this is added long list Of killed
and wounded, of people evicted sand of
property destroyed in Belfast, capital
of Ulster.
Civil war really started in Dublin
June % last, when the Free State
army clashed with the Irregulars led
by De Valera. In the battles that
followed the famous Four Courts
building was destroyed and fine hotels
and business structures burned or
blown up.
Driven out of Dublin as a coherent
force, the rebels against Free State au-
thority fought at Dundalk, Limerick,
Cork and other towns. Free State
troops were eventually and uniformly
victorious-but the price was always
death and destruction.
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By NEA Sorvtce


NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-'Don't you
give that waiter dollarr spouted the
Middle West wife to her Middle West
husband at an adjoining table in the
Pennsylvania. He's probably got
more money than we have"
That was what started a search for
New York's richest waiter!
The expectation was that many n
waiter would be found who Rolls
Royced his way to flve-hour day in
4 New York restaurant and who had
busboy on his personal staff to
carry out the tips. But
There isn't such a thing in New
York as a rich waiter or even mod
trately wealthy one" was the In
formation by such experts as Oscar
at the Waldorf; Charley Multerer,
president of the Elite Headwaiters'
Club; Nat. T. Worley, editor OF Hotel
Industry: Paul Henkel, Of Keen's;
the afternoon checker playing group
at the Geneva Club, and a dozen or
20 boiled-shirted opponents of the
table service art in as many New
York food palaces.
Dimes Preferred
One of the best paying jobs in
town is a high speed food foundry
near Times Square where a dime is
a standard tip. This is in accord.
ance with the well-known adage that
fifteen dimes on a marble top beats
four quarters on a silver tray.
War, immigration laws, and prohi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-09-12
BOIL WEEVIL IS
DOOMED IF NEW
PLAN SUCCEEDS
Senator Smiths Suggestion,
Now Approved, Proposes
Zone System.
WILL EXTERMINATE PEST
Method Includes Compulsory
IdIeness of Land for
Stated Period.
WILL EXTERMINATE PEST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-Approval
of the plan of Senator Smith of South
Carolina to eradicate the boil wesvil
by coming the South into areas n
which cotton cannot be produced for
period of one year, was made today by
Ed Ball director of scientific work Of
the Department of Agriculture.
Ball, in a letter to Senator Smith,
said that the plan seemed to be the
only feasible method for wiping out
the boil weevil menace which is ma
terially increasing throughout the
rich cotton regions of the South.
Senator Smith announced that he
intended soon to introduce legislation
for carrying out the program sug
gested by Ball. The first step, he said
would be a demand for an appropria-
ton for experiments on a limited area
on which the success Of the entire
program will depend.
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Youghal, Glandore, Tralee and the
mouth of the Shannon.
Inspection of Free State military
maps shows more than thirty towns
from which the Irregulars have been
driven, retiring to billy country in
County Cork, and part of Kerry and
West Waterford. The Irregulars hold
no line in the military sense Of the
word, but are in scattered concentra-
tons.
Street and neighborhoods fighting
continues in Belfast. The Ulster gov
eminent gives out no figures, but Dali
Eireann issues regular bulletins on
what it calls Belfast atrocities" 1t
claims that since July, 1920, there
have been 447 Catholics killed, 1888
wounded, $3.50 driven from their en-
ployment by armed mobs, and 1880
driven from their homes. OF the lat
ter $500 are now homeless, while
thousands have gone to Dublin and
other cities.
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BIZ MILTON BRONNER

DUBLIN, Sept. 12.--More grievous
hurts have been done to Ireland in two
months civil war than in two years
fighting between the British and the
Irish Republican army.
What is the toll of death and de-
sfruction?
Where is the battle-ground Of this
civil war?
These questions, particularly the
first, are difficult to answer, owing
to censorship.
The tragic story includes these out
standing points: Arthur Griffith dead
from worry and strain; Michael Col
Inns assassinated; the finest parts Of
Dublin in ashes; the best buildings in
Cork and Limerick destroyed by fire
and dynamite; a trail Of destruction
across the west and south Of Ireland;
business almost paralyzed, and farm
ers suffering from military seizures
and inability to sell their produce;
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Hotel Waiter Is No Longer Rich,
Means oscar of Waldorf Fame

bition are working great changes in
the tremendous business Of feeding
and sheltering Americas floating
population.
The old-time walters who knew
food in Ave languages and whose
kindly suggestions saved many
self conscious menu-banled youth
from ordering nothing but four kinds
Of soup are few and far between.
Real walters are both born and
made; born in Europe and made dur
ing a long apprenticeship which
takes them through several coun-
tries. Americans. as a rule, won't
wait table any place except in Green
witch Village. where it's good form to
sit down and eat with the customers.
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Benevolent Autocracv

last the world has example of benevolent autocracy
seldom
The preectura authorities Osaka Japan
large shops to hold bargain day sales effort the
Of living The japanese encourage psy
chog Of bargain days suant for purchasers
But there is pleasing everybody. Osaka newspapers
clare the small shopkeepers indignant the
order There attraction japanese shoppers
bargain SALE The big stores will all the advertising the
governments order and the little establishments fear they may
be ruined.
Nevertheless the Osaka authorities have the right idea
ident Harding might well follow their example If he will de-
mand court injunction enforcing bargain day sales
soft COAL the psychological effect might penetrate as far
inward as the mind of Attorney General Daugherty.
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You can get an answer to any question OF
fact or information by writing to the 1ndi-
annapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1922
\. Y. Ave. Washington. .. c.. inclosing 2
cents IN stamps. edical. legal and love and
marriage advice will not be given I'm
signed letters will not be answered but all
letters are confidential. and receive personal
replies. EDITOR.
Q-When and by whom was the
magnetic compass invented?
A.-The early history of the mag
netic compass is involved in more or
less obscurity. In q rough form it is
said to have been known 20 the CHI
nese 1000 years before the Christian
era, though this is more than doubtful
The earliest definite reference to it is
in work by Alexander Neckam, en-
titled DE Utensllibus" and written in
the twelfth century. He refers to It as
a needle on a pivot which. when al.
lowed to come to rest. shows the navi.
gator the direction in which to steer
AS early as the thirteenth century il
seems to have been known to the navi-
gators Of all European nations.
Q-What electric voltage and am
perage can kill man?
A-The United States Bureau of
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In July alone it was estimated $780,
100000 in property was destroyed. The
daily loss while the Valeristas were
n the field was from one to five mil
lions.
Such figures as ara obtainable-
which probably only represent a part
Of the actual losses-show this result
for two months:
1913 men killed.
934 men wounded.
SAT prisoners.
Between June 1 and June % there
were q killed in southern ireland.
Skirmishes Frequent
Fighting is now confined to south
west Ireland, except for occasional am
ushes and sporadic raids.
Free State leaders credit their sue
cess in breaking up Irregular concen-
trations to surprise landings of Free
State troops from the sea at Cork,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-09-12
G0VERNM EMIT
Should Humanize the : Railroads
Writer Declares.

Should Humanize the Railroads,
Writer Declares
To the Editor Of The Times
Remember how the railroads and
the capitalistic press whined when
the Government took over the roads
to win the war? If the Government
has a right to draft civilians for
service why not the roads? If they
had been patriotic they would not
have complained. The Government
turns down the soldiers on the bonus,
then helps the roads out OF another
mess they have got into. The Govern
ment might as well take them over
and humanize them. To take away the
seniority rights OF the strikers would
be punishment for striking, and
every one. even the Government, says
they have the right to strike.
There has been much said about
cheap labor OF Europe and the
foreigner. How can he help 1t that
he had no chance? DO they want
our working people put on the same
level? Congress says it is because OF
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-09-12
LEARN A WORD TO-DAY

Today's word is-ACUMEN.
It's pronounced-a-kew- men, with
the "a" short. as in act" and accent
on the second syllable.
1t means-quickness Of perception.
penetration of mind, sharpness, sa-
gacity, keenness. shrewdness, acute
ness.
It comes from-Latin "acuere," TO
sharpen.
It's used like this-"While the Gal
lie people do not give Herr SHINES
much credit for Observation-Disclosures Of
motive in evolving his plan for the
rehabilitation of devastated France,
nevertheless. because of their respect
for his business acumen. they are
prepared to believe his scheme would
work out all right in practice"
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to animals, especially
freakish selections such as baby Loop
ards. Taking care OF these pets is
driving hotel managers frantic, says
London Daily Mail Considering the
way Americans are drinking abroad.
the hotel men should thank their
luokyy stars that the visitors do not
insist on quarters for their pink ele-
plants. Maybe they do.
G. A. r.
Aged war veterans will attend tho
flEty-sixth annual encampment of the
G. A. R.. opening Sept. "a in Des
Moines.
This historic organizations mem
bership. at its peak in 1890, was 409,-
489. Now it has dwindled to fewer
than SO 5000.
AS they march into eternity, one
be that the Union they saved has not
turned out exactly as they expected.
The flag is about the only thing that
hasn't changed beyond recognition.
LIVING
Cost Of living statistics should be
taken with a grain of salt, cautions
National Industrial Conference Board.
1t IS impossible to gather figures that
hold good in any two communities.
let alone nationally.
For instance, a recent survey
showed that a family's standard of
living that cost $1,517 a year in Chip
pewa Falls, Wis. could not be dupli-
Gated under s1,919 in Bisbee, Ariz.
Obviously, it is futile to attempt to
set figure as a living wage ma
tionally regardless of geography.
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completed. It is copied on n type
writer. and set up by a printer. Every
step OF the work is checked and re-
checked. and questionable cases are
submitted to an advisory stan OF lead
ing authorities.
More than 5000 persons shared IN
the making of the Standard dicton.
arys most recent edition. 1t took
four years to collect and define 513.-
900 words. of which So, 900 were elimi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-09-12
By MA Service

NEW YORK. Sept. Eff you spot
a bulge on a walters hip in a hotel
restaurant, don't jump to conclusions.
The bulge will be a textbook; not a
bottlel
Cornell University this fall is start
ing a four year course for young men
who aspire to executive hotel posi-
tons. New York University will open
la spare-t.me vocational training school
tor secondary employees. such as wait
}ers, cooks, housekeepers and other
skilled hotel workers.
Hotels all over the country will put
the Cornell students through a train
ing course in their various depart
Ihents during the summer vacations
each year; the StatIer. Bowman,
Boomer, and United Hotel Company
groups each taking six. and other no.
tells one or two each. n this way the
theoretical schooling will be reinforced
with practical training.
Move Encouraged
Behind the move is the educational
committee Of the American Hotel AS
ISOLATION of which Frank A. Dudley.
Niagara Falls. is chairman.
1.-THE hotel business ranks about
fifth among the industries of the
United States" said E. NJ. Tierney OF
the Ansonia Hotel. president Of the as
sociation. Yet up to now the school
OF hard knocks has been the only edu-
cational institution for men destined to
operate and manage properties worth
millions. Opening OF the courses at
Cornell and New York univers. ties is
in line with the associations policy of
raising Americas standard OF hotel
service.
More than 100 applications We're
made for the 40 available places in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-09-12
Radio Message
for Europe Is
Latest Exploit
By United Ne4rs

ny & FtAtu ~ tHo
NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-Trans.At-
lantic radio messages will be accepted
and delivered at all Postal Telegraph
stations throughout the United States
by terms Of az agreement reached
between the Postal company and the
Radio Corporation Of America.
The agreement. according to Clar-
ence II. Mackay. president OF he Pos
tai interests. provides that the Postal
shall accept at any of its offices dis
patches to be sent to Europe via
radio" while the Radio Corporation
will turn over to the Postal all mes
sages received by it for delivery to
land. line points reached by the Postal.
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IF YOU ARE WELL BRED

You never make comments about
the food served in another's home ex-
cept to praise it.
1t is better to accept a little of all
the food served even though you
do not care for it, or intend to eat it,
rather than refuse entirely anything
which has been prepared for your
pleasure.
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ScWJJery admitted to CurvicuLa
of Too Big Eastern Universities

the Cornell class. After four years
OF practical and theoretical work the
Cornell students will be graduated
with degrees of Bachelor Of Science.
The New York University classes
will be made up of men and women.
many of them already employed, who
want to increase their proficiency in
the skilled trades Of hotel work. Later
similar vocational training classes will
be opened in other cities."
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MAY DETERMINE
I. EXACT VELOCITY
Of LIGHT BEAMS
Nicholson, Famed Scientist,
Plans to Utilize Rotary
Mirror.
SEEKS ACCURATE MEANS
Physicist Believes Correct
Measurement Will Show
Variance.
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

United Netcs STAFF Correspondent
CHICAGO, Sept. 12.-Scientists who
for generations have been satisfied
with the estimate that the greatest
speed ever achieved by anything, that
of beam of light ,1s6,5O0 miles a Sec
ond), may soon have to revise this to
read 1S6,4s2 miles 237 yards feet,
80 inches-or some such matter.
Prof. Albert A. Nicholson, world
famous physicist, has designed sort
of speedometer which VIII time the
speedy little beam with exactness, he
announces. Professor Nicholson has
| lust returned for another years work
at the University of Chicago. after
spending the summer at Mt. Wilson,
experimenting in connection with the
Einstein theory.
The experiment by which the noted
savant expects to hold stop watch on
! the racing beams will not be com
pleted until next summer, when he
returns to Mt. Wilson. but the hard
est part, that Of putting together he
delicate machinery, has been accom-
plished.
First Practical Idea
Other pshysicists. of a class never
satisfied with round numbers or APP
proximations. especially numbers like
1S6;5O0 miles, have tried to secure the
exact velocity of light before. but so
far as is known the Chicago profess
sor is the first to rig up a practical ar
rangemetn 70 rthe purpose.
Professor Nicholson declares that
while the determination Of the exact
velocity will not be particularly use
full. his long and expensive expert
ments have been undertaken so that
another hairs breath scientific meas
urement can be written into the
archives and kept there without fur
Their concern. The estimate now nc
cepted may be as much as twenty
miles ont of the way. he said.
The apparatus to be used has been
built and tested with success in a
smaller model. the professor said.
"A special octagonal mirror. at
tached TO spindle, driven by a
motor and rotating at exactly 500
revolutions per second, forms the prin-
cipal instrument" Professor Michel.
son explained. 'There is a As degree
turn between the fash of each face.
THE instrument will be set up on
Mount Wilson. and a powerful arc
lamp adjusted to It.
Then another mirror, two feet in
diameter, will be placed at the peak Of
Old Badly. at a point exactly twenty
Ave miles away"
VIII Reflect Beam
The rest, translated from scien-
tihc terms for the laity. is simple
to the professor, at least. The light
beam will be flashed from one station
to the other and back the same route.
Then. knowing the exact distance the
light travels, and the number OF rota-
tons made by the octagonal mirror
in the course Of the experiment, the
exact velocity of the beam may be
readily computed, Professor Nicholson
declared.
Professor Michelson's previous
achievements have won him medals.
degrees and prizes without number.
including the Nobel prize in physics
in 1907. His studies and deductions
were ACKNOWLEDGED by Professor
Einstein as playing n large part in the
formation Of the celebrated Einstein
theory.
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Scientific Sales Management" by
Hoyt.
Problems in Sales Management"
by Tosdal.
Modern Sales Management" by
George.
Handling Statesmen at Lower Cost. T."
Modern Sales Management Prob
lens" by Aspley.
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ngton, next to the
White House itself
the most important
center Of official
social life at the
national capital.
Besides the wives
OF the members Of
Con gress, the club
includes Mrs. Hard
ing. Mrs. Coolidge
and all the women
of the Cabinet set.
Mrs. Frelinghuy-
sen enters on her
new post as sue
cessor to Mrs Ir-
vine Lenroot. wife
of one Of Wiscon
sins Senators. She
has ALWAYS been so
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-09-12
~ DUDLEY sTDDALL

NEW YORK. Sept. 12.-Tslk about
the magnitude OF running an army
how would you like to command the
English language?
That's the job Of DR.. Frank H.
Vizetelly. editor Of the Standard die
tionary. Directly or indirectly all OF
us depend upon him every time we
get in a first word or q last word
or a word in between. Upon his shout
ders-and the shoulders Of the few
other dictionary editions in America
ard England-rests the responsibility
Of helping the English speaking world
TO use the right word In the right
place, with correct spellings and pro
nuncfations.
Yet DR.. Vizetelly insists that a do
tionary editor is not a supreme court.
THE people make the language, not
the dictionary editors" he declared.
I'VE are recorders, not dictators.
Take the word vase II has four
different recommendations We OFFER
all four, cite the authorities. and con
tent ourselves with stating that one
of the four represents the American
usage"
DIR. Vizetelly's job goes on all the
time. For new words are continually
popping into use and each must be
seized, analysed. certified and hustled
into the next edition. New editions
are run off every few months and
complete revises arc made every few
years.
The business OF compiling words has
bcen organized and standardized and
efficiency-e engineered until It operates
as smoothly as the erection Of a sky
scraper or the building OF a motor
car
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teeth and nails.
is not connected
with the body.
There is a BIS
lief that the hair
gro VS. after
death; it does not.
It is kept alive
and growing from
the secretion from
the sc alp and
hence is dead It's
sue when it falls
out.
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UNUSUAL FOLK
By NEA Service

BIZ NkA neTrlCe
RARITAN, n. J., Sept 12.--Mrs.
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, wife of New
Jerseys senior United States Senator.
has just become president of the
Women's Congressional Club at Wash
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Persian Turbans

The Persian turban, which is a
novelty in millinery, has high. bushy
feathers planted directly in front. The
sides are draped with numerous close
folds.
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LOnuOh, lot a pet DOG
trained to sleep in a bed.
Close on her heels comes
another American, lead
ing a pet giraffe, Sweet
PatOotie by name, for
which he demands lodg-
ing and meals.
Touring Yanks this sea-
son are running strong"
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BOOKS
FnR SALES MANAGERS.

The Business Branch of the Indianapolis
Public Library. Ohio and Meridian SITS.
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THE REFEREE
By ALBERT APPLE.
SILLY

An American woman tourist takes
a special room in the Savoy Hotel.
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The said my Lord sit thou my right hand
thine enemies thy footstoo1-Psalms 1101.
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Hundreds Engaged

When a revised edition is called
for. Dr. Vizetelly engages several hun
bred persons. Words are gathered
from every conceivable source and
each is written upon a card. The
cards are turned over to expert pro-
nouncers and deflners. at whose dis
posal are quotations garnered by many
READERS" and who have necessary
reference books Immediately at hand.
When the material on a card is
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cially very prominent in Raritan, her
home town.
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BIZ DIR. r. II. BISHOP
HE hair, like the
The Washington times., 1922-08-06
TIMES WANT AID USERS
ANSWER THE QUESTION
THE RESULTS

Mrs. M. Berman says that she rented the
apartment advertised through Times Want
Ad, and must have had so applicants for the
apartment. times Want Ads sure bring
good results"