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THE TERkE5
O6SER vAToRT.

upon it, among them the keeping of accurate time.
For the worlds clocks set by means Of observa-
tons of the stars made at such places the Naval
observatory in this country the Greenwich observa
tory in England the Paris observatory in France and
on.
Other important work has been done at the Naval
observatory outside the field of positona astronomy
DR.. Asaph Hall discovered the two moons of Mars
with the observatorys twenty Six-inch refractor.
The Yerkers observatory the forty-inch
tractor the largest telescope of this type in the world
Like the thirty refractor of the Lick ooserva
tory it was built by the Warner g. Swasey Co., Of
Cleveland
@. T. Yerkes, of the early railroad magnates
OF Chicago, endowed the Yerkes observatory.
The YerkeS observatory grew into fame under the
direction of DR.. George Ellery Hale. Dr. Hale later
left this observatory to build the Mt Wilson observa-
tory of which he is now honorary chairman. He is
also the chairman of the committee which will build
the new 200inch telescope for the California Insti-
tute of Technology.
DR.. E. E. Barnard, who became famous for his pho
tographS of the planets the dark nebulae and the
Milky Way, did much of his work at the Yerkes OBJ
servatory.
The rapd advance of astronomy today is the result
of the many fine observatoreS in existence Future
progress depends, chiefly of course upon great as
tronomerS.
But great astronomers cannot work today without
adequate telescopes and other equipment.
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Book of Corn Stalks

A book has been published with
paper made from corn stalks, which
promises quite as much by way Of
farm relief as any law congress
could pass.
Waste has been the farmers
bane, especially in connection with
such crops as corn, wheat, oats and
cotton.
Speaking roughly, the farmer ha.;
to throw away three tons of straw
for every ton of grain he markets.
AS one farmer said, grain would
not be so bad if it wasn't for the
straw"
Millions of tons of straw have
contributed much to put the corr
belt where it is. Realizing this
those interested in the agriculture
problem have spent much time and
thought trying to discover ways to
make use of straw.
The effort has not been barren Of
results. Strawboard has come into
being, and now there are prospects
that straw paper will follow.
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A Noble Experiment

The neighboring state of Michigan embarks upon
another noble experiment when it sentences the
mother of ten children to life Imprisonment.
She did not murder her children. Her offense con-
sisted in being caught for the fourth time by proh
bition officers.
Just what happened to the men to whom she sold
the liquor is not as yet revealed. Rather it is dis
closed that nothing at all happened to them
OF course, the woman should not have sold any
liquor, especially in Michigan, which is so near to
Canada. She should have left that to those who with
impunity and perhaps immunity send their fotillas
across the river, loaded with booze.
But it may be we'll to look beneath the surface of
this dramatic sentence and to discover if possible
the reasons behind the acts which made this woman
an habtual criminal and which lodges her. if the
sentence is carried out behind bars for the rest of
her life
When woman has a family of ten children, she
comes to understand something of the problems of
providing food, shelter and clothing for so large a
brood
1t is very certain that she found in her
munity in every community for that matter there
dare those who will purchase liquor banned by law
She could, without any inquiry at all, discover
that the most profitable business today is to supply
the demands of citizenship which regularly votes
for prohibition.
If there not very general demand by those
who have money and can afford it, for alcohol and
posons masquerading as liquor, she could not have
continued in business long enough to be caught four
times
Sensing this demand and looking at her hungry
children she was primitive enough to let her mother
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NJ. E..
TRACY
SAYS:
"BoIviG and Paraguay
Would Be at War To-
day If Left to Them
SeIVeS."
SAYS:
DELEGATEs from forty coun-

DELEGATES from forty coun-
- tries gather at Washington to
discuss the problems and progress
of aviation. The first man to fly is
still young enough not only to be
present and enjoy it, but to play the
part of a leader.
Thus swiftly are new and
revolutionary ideas woven into the
structure of civilization.
On Dec. Is, 1908, there was not
one in a million who believed men
would ever fly. Now there is not
one in a million who looks on flying
as queer, curious or out of place.
Inventions and discoveries have
not only brought us Improvements,
but have wrought a change in our
attitude. Instead of fearing them,
as our forefathers did, we have
come to regard them as constituting
the most worth while objects of
human existence.
Such an attitude bespeakS a new
and wider faith in human nature.
We no longer diStruSt intelligence,
education or originality.
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Our Justice Mill

AS might have been suspected, the legal profess
sion whole showed no great zeal for move
nent within its own body for reforms in the municipal
courts
AS a matter of fact very many abuses in the
handling of crime would disappear if aid and assist
ance we're refused by lawyers
The police courts the committee rightly says,
the most important courts in this city. Into them
were brought last year $4,000 persons charged with
some sort of offenSe.
In these courts the attitude of very many citizens
toward all government is formed
Perhaps the most drastic criticism that could
be made of either courts or the police department
was the declaration of the committee that there is
lack of harmony of lack of respect by these
two branches of city government for each other.
These two forces in daily contact with each other,
are declared by the lawyers committee to have no
confidence in each other.
If that be true it can not be expected that the
public generally will have any large amount of
fidence in either of these forces.
The committee found source of outrage that
could and should be most easily corrected, if the
bar association has the moral courage to discipline
its members and disbar those members who
their profession shield what in other circumstances
would be blackman
The professional bondsman with his lawyer part
ner is declared to oe source of injustice. A per-
son arrested after dark and not wishing to spend
night in jail that pronounced insanitary and made
quate easily gets the name of bondSman who is
hanging around the corridor The bondsman brings
iii his lawyer the fee charged is for both bonds
man and lawyer.
While the professional bonosman is and
source of this petty outrage, there is another side
to the matter that is important. The lawyers say
there many arrests for petty oenses made at
night that put the citizen arrested to unnecessary
trouble.
That suggests tnat perhaps the influence of the
bondsman does not begin and end with offers to
furnish lawyer who can whisper into the of
courts.
Of course having received report made by COM
nittee which has studied the matter, the lawyers
body promptly forget the recommendations made by
its members
The professional bondsmen will continue. There
will be no changes that will give the public confidence
in the courts other branches that now have no
confidence in each ether. The old game of ex-
torton through perfectly legal means will continue.
The committee which found the disorderly condi-
tons in the police courts might continue its good work
by presenting charges against any lawyer who be-
partner in the practices that distinctly
against the public welfare and which destroying
confidence of the public not only in these courts but
in law itself.
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Doubling the Evidence

On the same evening that the
Sing Sing audience yielded its ten
TASKS, $50 men assembled at the
Hotel Suburban in East Orange, N.
j., to honor Mayor Martens, who
has just been elected for his sixth
term.
j. William HIATT, proprietor of the
hotel, says it was the first gather
ing Of its kind he can recall with
out one drop of liquor"
Other people may have better, or
different memories, but what HIATT
says ought to go into the record
along with the rest. If anything,
too much of the testimony being
offered with regard to prohibition
is coming from one side. We hear
vastly more about drinking and
drunkenness than we do about peo-
pie who keep sober. There are
such people, you know.
Personally, I still doubt the wis
dom and effectiveness of the pres
ent law, but 1 doubt some of the
evidence being submitted against
1t even more.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

countries prohibiting the use of
this substance, and in 1906 French
chemists developed a form of phos-
phorus which was without danger.
AS late as 1928, however, in China,
manufacture was still going on with
the old process and there were at
times at least twenty-eight match
factories in China in which workers
suffered from the terrible degenera-
ton of the jaw bone associated with
phosphorus poisoning, and called
by the workers "phosSy- jaw" In
1925 China finally prohibited the use
of this dangerous material.
Gases in America
In the meantime, however, cases
of a similar type have appeared i'll
the United States due to the use o.
radium salts in the painting of
luminous watch dials.
In one factory cases of degenera-
ton of the jawbone occurred be-.
cause the workers used lumi-
nous paint made visible by activa-
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Reason

THROUGH the smoke OF the
Il armament factories you still
can see the lips of the international
prima donnas moving, but you can't
hear their hymn of peace for the
tumult of military preparations.
The nations signed the Kellogg
treaty to abstain from war, think
ing they were fooling one another;
for one brief hour they passed tlle
loving oup,, since which time they
have all been shooting at it.
We are not surprised that the
treasury departments suit against
Senator CouzenS for back taxes
winds up by the departments giving
him a Million dollar rebate, for the
government usually comes out the
little end of the horn when 1t
tackles a rich man.
The next time Uncle Sam ap-
proacheS one of the golden species
he should disguise himself as a
piano tuner and walk briSkly.
It's natural for Governor Smith
to want to keep his geological gar
den. but his Office hours will have
to be brief if he keeps those six
dogs and walks all of them around
the block.
Instead of trying to censor the
conversation of newspaper cor
respondents in Washington to keep
them from calling him nicknameS,
Mr.. Hoover should aspire to win the
people until they do this very thing.
n
A device made at Ohio State uni
versity measures applause, but what
the orators want is a device that
will provoke it.
Mr.. Rockefeller tells the world
that friends are better than riches,
but they are much more demon
strative when one has the coin.
n n
Count Felix Won Luckner, who
commanded the sea raider, Seeadler,
during the World war and now lee
turing to capacity audience in the
United States is about the only
German who has been able to cash
in his part in the late unpleasant
ness.
n =
A memorial committee has been
appointed to erect busts to departed
brewers in New York and Chicago.
On these bustS should be carved
the line They put themselves out
of business by trying to run the
country"
n
No matter how Bolivia and Para
quay may hate each other, it was
very bad form for them to start the
shooting while Mr.. Hoover's good
will expedition was right in the
neighborhood.
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Tragedy Inventions Mother

Tragedy, as well as necessity, can
mother invention. You remember
the submarine S-4 and her sister
ship, the Ssh; how they sank in
collision; how everyone waited in
breathless suspense the first few
days, while crews and equipment
were being assembled for rescue
work; how hope gradually gave way,
and how, in the end, it was months
before the Sodden tombs could be
made to give up their dead.
Grim details both, and many an
other like them coming from over
seas, but not SO grim as to daunt or
discourage human ingenuity.
The S-4 patched up and prepared
for the purpose, was towed into New
London, Wednesday, where she will
be used in series of experiments
to test several new safety devices.
Later she will be taken to Key West
for still more experiments. All of
which, should make good story.
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ton with 20 per cent radium and
30 per cent meSothortum.
In painting the numerals on the
watch dials, the girls we're in the
habit of pointing the camel hair
brushes with their lips. In every
case in which degeneration of the
jawbone had occurred, the girls hal
followed the occupation for three
years or more.
The regular absorption of radium
into the body over long periods ol
time also results in changes in the
blood and in general symptoms.
In his consideration on industrial
poiSons before the international
Conference on Industrial Accidents
and Occupations, Sir Thomas Oliver
emphasized particularly the impor-
lance of constant study Of the hazard
involved in any new industry.
Modern technic of investigation
of the blood will reveal these
changes frequently long before they
become even slightly noticeable to
the person concerned.
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The Solution

THIS is not difficult puzzle. But
i it illustrates the value of prac-
teal foresight in bridge.
South must get rid of his losing
heart. He opens with his club and
then leads his low trump. North
wins the trick, and on North's lead
of the six of clubs, South discards
his heart. The queen of trumps
now wins the remaining trick.
If the opening lead is a trump,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-13
Mission of
Woman in
World
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

BI NRS. WALTER FEhGUSON
TTPON the question of woman's
~ proper place in the twentieth
century world, we seldom keep our
mental balance. Our enthusiasms
have such a way of running away
with our good sense.
Champions of individual freedom
clamor so loudly that inexperienced
girls are in danger of thinking
that all marriage and home life is
slavery for women. And those who
fear the destruction of the Ameri-
can home are equally noisy in their
assertions that the only place for
us is in the kitchen.
The poor maiden who is trying
to shape her life thus is torn be-
tween two prejudiced points of view.
But there is a safe middle ground.
God grant that our girls can keep
to it! In spite of the natural de-
sire of the individual for liberty,
the truth remains that the average
woman always will find her greatest
happiness in the age-old occupa-
tions of her sex-home-making and
collaborating. Fighting these, she
fights nature, and that always is q
losing battle.
However, it is distinctly foolish
to declare that girls should not
seek careers, that they should not
be educated for the professions or
taught to earn their living. For it
is possible for women. as well as
men, to find contentment and
pleasure In work.
Love and marriage, home and
children mean the same things, esq
sentially, to men as they mean 10
women. And I for one do not be-
lieve that any man ever attains his
fullest happiness without them And
I am sure that women do not.
But unfortunately life does not
pour out her best gifts into the lap
of each mortal. Some of the moss
splendid men and women in the ma
ton are unmarried And they are
not bowed down with misery, so
there's really no sense in going
about telling sorry for them. They
manage, in spite of the pessimists.
to garner a modicum Of pleasure out
Of existence.
Neither should we cultivate gray
hairs by worrying over the mistakes
of the women. The urge for ca
reers may be great, but the urge for
babies goes deeper.
America is not in danger. She
has more comfortable, middle-cisss
homes, presided over by comfort.
able, middle-claSs women, than any
other nation under the sun.
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THE LO WIN G CUP
A PLAN 20 II u N E r
WALKING THE DOGS

WE never realized the speed at
w which we are going until
reading of these western twins who
were born in different states.
The appointment of these six
councillors to do King Georges
work was a delicate compliment to
the monarch, inaSmuch as any good
/, notary public could handle it.
n
Secretary Wilbur states that the
navy needs men. 1t also needs cruis-
ers and guns and target practice,
but aside from these things it is
in good condition.
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Ten FIaSkS-What of It?

Sing Sing prisoners staged a per-
Torrance of mo, No, Nanette"
Tuesday night. One thousand people
came to see, listen and applaud"
They were searched by guards, as
is the custom, and ten TASKS we're
discovered.
Warden Lewis E. LaweS says that
is no more than might be expected
from any theater-going audience of
similar size. He is probably right.
The chances are that if alienists
were to examine an audience of
1000, whether at Sing Sing, the
theater, a football game, or even
in church, they would find ten
moronS.
1t is pretty hard to gather 1000
people anywhere, or from any par
ticular class, without finding ten
who do not rate very high in one
respect or another.
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David Dietz on Science
Stars Keep Time for Us
No. 232

A MONG the famous observatories in America are
L n the United States Naval observatory at Wash
ington, the Yerkes observatory, near Chicago, the
Yale observatory at New Haven and the Leander Nc
Cormick observatory of the University of Virginia.
The Naval observatory was founded about the same
time that the Harvard observatory was founded and
began its activities in 1845. 1t has been concerned
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mainly with what
is known as posi-
tional astronomy,
that is, the exact
determination of
the loca tion of
heavenly bodies.
Astronomers di-
vide the sky up
into iInig in airy
lines of latitude
and lon gitud e.
The ex act de-
termin alton of
star positions is
extremely iInpor-
t a n t. M a n y
things depend
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-13
This Date in
u. S. History

December Is
1775-Continental Congress voted to
build thirteen war frigates.
1893-HouSe of Representatives
passed a bill to admit Utah as
a state.
Government assumed control
of all wireless stations in
this territory.
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- -
By
Frederick
lands

FTHE International Livestock
Il Show gave c. Edison Smith OF
Montana a cup for being the cham
pion wheat grower Of the United
States, but they should have given
him a new fountain pen to renew
notes with.
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QueStiOn-HOw much cal
water injurious to health?

Answer-Milk is one of the
most abundant sources of cal
cium. Sour milk cheese, such
as cottage cheese, contains less
calcium than rennet cheese,
such as Swiss cheese. Swiss
cheese has fourteen times as
much calcium as cottage
cheese.
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RRLD6kIE3ABOEu[

the heart trick must ultimately be
lost-and North will 'go to bed"
with his high but utterly useless
six of clubs. And the high trump
opening, as we'll as that of the heart,
obviously means defeat.
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Who invented the electric incaIG%
descent lamp?
It is said that Sir Humphrey DavJ
in 1910 discovered that thin strips
Of metal could be made to give light
by passing an electric current
through them. He did not actually
produce a lamp. j. w. Starr made
a lamp in 1845 in which a filament
of carbon was made to glow in O.
vacuum. The first practical type OF
lamp was developed in 1879 by
Thomas A. Edison.
How much wood does IL take TO
produce heat units equal TO one
short ton of coal?
One cord of oak, hickory or heavy
dry wood, one and half cords of
pitchy soft wood such as yellow
pine, or two cords of soft wood have
heat units equaling one short ton
Of coal.
How long does it take the earth to
revOIve around the sun?
1t takes approximately 1854 days
for the earth to complete its motion
around the sun in its orbit.
How can concrete be prevented
from sticking to the forms?
Crude oil, soft soap or whitewash
should be pointed on the forms be-
fore placing concrete, and repeated
each time the forms are used.
Why do water pipes burst when
they freeze?
Because in the act of freezing
water expands, and exerts sufficient
pressure in the pipes to burst them
Who holds the worlds balloon al
titude record?
Captain H. G. Gray, who assembled
AZ, 47O feet and lost his life in the
attempt. The record was obtained
from his Paragraph.
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Questions and
AnSzOe7;S

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Daily Thought

Can two walk together, except
they be agreed?-AmOS 3:3.
q = q
can bring you peace
IN but the triumph of principles.
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BY FABYAN MATHEY

Spades are trumpS, and South
has the lead. North and South must
win all four tricks, against a perfect
defense.
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When did the steamship General
SIOcum sink in the East River in
New York;
1t caught fire while passing
through Hell Gate on June is, 1904,
and sank with the loss of 1921 lives.
How are human and animal blood
distinguished?
BY means of odor, specific gray
ity and shape of corpuScles.
What is the value of round
California gold half dollar, with
Liberty stars, dated 1852?
From 81 to $1.50.
Where is the chronological News
published and what is the subScrip-
ton price?
1t is published monthly at 1900
Race street, Philadelphia, Pa. The
yearly subscription is SO.
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D-None
C-6-2

T AY out the cards on a table, a
IL shown in the diagram, an
study the situation. See if you Cal
find a method of play that will Civ,
North and South all of the tricks
The solution is printed herewith.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

Editors Note: This is the last OF a
series OF three articles on Industrial
PoiSonS.
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