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sell to that monopoly at the atters own price Power
is, in part, engineering problem. Hoover is an
engineer. Smith is not.
How far the government will have to 60 in handling
this whole problem of monopoly will depend largely
in our opinion, the future conduct of the power
utilities themselves.
Farm Relief: Hoover has stood out fatty against
the popular but highly questionable McNary-Haugen
panacea On the basis of his record in aiding through
voluntary governmental cooperation other industries
to reorganize and find better markets Hoover prom
ises scientific, sincere ard speedy handling of the
agricultural problem. To us this commends Hoover
over Smith, whose tardy conversion to McNary-
Haugenism, with an evasion of commitment on the
equalization fee, has impressed us as campaign ex-
pediency rather than practical answer to the great
farm problem.
Intolerance and Corruption: Many conspicuous
bgots who infest America have identified themselves
with the Hoover cause. Though detestng such
company do not consider that a reason for con-
demning Hoover himself. Hoovers whole life and
service have revealed the spirit OF tolerance and 1t is
Hoover that we discussing. Bigotry is not con-
fined to any one political party to any one group
The corruptonists and the tricksers in the Repub-
lican party have earned the public's condemnation
Smiths Tammany connection has been assailed by
Republican speakers But the records of both Hoover
and Smith are assurance that corruption will not live
in the next presidential administration.
Prohibition: We agree with Smiths general posi-
ton against Hoovers but because of the cross
rents that greatly cut part yines prohibition will
not be the determining pactor in Tuesdays election
We regard the total of other issues as more i'm
portant than prohibition
Tariff: Smith accepts the Republican high pro-
tectve principle which both he and Hoover promise
to enforce justly Assuming continuance OF that
tenn, system that is essentially Republican In its
origin, the Republican candidate rather than the
Democratic would appear the logical one to apply It,
On civil liberties and anti-labor injunctions Hoover
and Smith make similar pledges Their solutions for
unemployment similar.
Immigration: Hoover definitely has stood against
change of the present restricted quota basis Smith
at the outset of his campaign favored change Since
then, from time to time, he has been selfcontradc-
tory.
We feel the above summary shows the score to
favor Hoover because in matters that most closely
touch The welfare of the average American training
and experience determining factors. We believe
Hoover should be elected President.
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fractions OF per cent"
These changes were wrought primarily by Lister
And he brought them about by applying Pasteur's
theories to surgery
1t will be remembered that PaSteur came to believe
that the microbes which floating about on the
paiculeS of dust in the air responsible for most
diseases.
Pasteur had no direct proof of this He had not
at this time, seen any germ which the cause
OF human disease much less found it floating in the
air.
he had seen the tremendous power of yeastS to
factGre alcohol and of other bacteria to manufacture
Tactic acid
AS result, he had become impressed with the
power of these microscopic organisms.
Lister was impressed with Pasteur's idea. He had
the terrible infections which set in after opera
tons He had the epidemic of hospital gangrene
and other infections sweep through ward after ward
OF the hospital.
He became convinced that Pasteur was right.
This contrary to the general belief of the
geons of the day. They believed that the oxygen of
the air caused the infections.
But Lister convinced from Pasteur's work, that
an infection occurred only when germs we're intro
duced.
And so he began to devise the methods which are
the common technique of every surgeon in the
world, the methods of antiseptic surgery.
We know today-in fact Lister discovered it him
self-that we need not be SO concerned about the
germs in the air Fortunately, the air is not as filled
with disease germs Pasteur feared. If it were
human life would not survive.
But Lister did show the world that by antiseptic
methods and the sterilization of surgical instruments
dressings and so on, the old infections could be
wiped out.
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Reason

ID OBERT LANSING, wilson's
IN former secretary of state who
just has died, simply followed the
precedentS of his stormy office when
he resigned after quarrel with his
chief.
Our presidents have had an ex-
asperating time, getting along with
their secretaries of state all alons
the line, most of the fuses being
concealed, but many of them beine
open eruptionS.
Washington had trouble with JEFF
ferson; Lincoln wrangled with Sc
ward: Harrison fought with Blaine,
and Wilson went to the mat with
three of them, Bryan, Lansing, anG
Colby.
This incompatability of temper Is
largely due to the fact that the sec
retary of state is usually prssiden-
ial timber and thinks he should be
in the White House instead of the
other fellow.
However. secretaries of state are
not the only belligerent members
of cabinets, the other members re-
serving the right to asSail the views
of their associates on matters Of
national policy with vim and vine
gar, to the end that many cabinet
sessions have verged on roughhousc,
One irritant in cabinet confer
ences is the desire to be most in
fluential with the president. which
shows that the human race runs
true to form wherever you put it.
n
The papers said that Smith went
to Raskob's country estate to get
peace and be alone, but he was not
overwhelmed by a sense of lone
illness, as there are something like
fourteen members of the RaSkob
family.
Vice-presidentia candidate Cur
tbs is making an elaborate appeal to
the sympathy of the country on &C
count of that thumb which he
mashed in the automobile several
weeks ago.
His hand Is done up deliberately
and rests in a sling which hangs
from his neck, the same being worn
outside the overcoat.
All in all, he is getting more pub
lefty out of a mashed thumb than
many a soldier got out of the loss
of leg in the Argonne.
y n q
Fifty-seven thousand cases of Vol
stead law violation we're tried in the
United States last year, but this Is
nothing at all alongside the num-
her of cases that were Imported,
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
MuSSeI Poisoning Is Mysterious MaLady

Within three days six deaths and
many severe cases Of poisoning were
reported and eventually it was de-
termined that practically everyone
who had on Sunday, July II, 1927
eaten sea mussels gathered in GER
tain localities along the coast had
been poisoned by the food.
Apparently, at least, 102 people
we're concerned, of whom Sc were
men, boys. "a women, and 4 girls.
Ten minutes after eating the mus
sells there developed numbness of
the lips, tongue, cheeks, finger tips
and toes.
On the next day the patients were
dizzy and weak, with additional
signs of numbness. There was nau-
sea, sometimes tingling sensations
followed by numbness. In a few
cases there was fever. In the fatal
cases death occurred within from
three to ten hours after eating the
mussels.
In some cases the material was
thrown into garbage cans and eaten
by animals so that records are avail
able of three cats and eleven
chickens fatally poisoned and sew
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eral cats and dogs temporarily par
alyzed.
Experiments indicated that the
poison was a chemical substance of
complex combination. The evidence
is not certain as to just how the
poison gets into the muSsel.
1t is believed to be either asso-
ciated with the absorption of poison
from the pilings on rocks near the
coast or from the association of the
mussels with certain poisonous
crabs in ocean waters.
The poison is not apparently re-
lated to bacterial contamination, but
is due to some disease of the mussel
which has a definite effect on its It's
sue and which has not yet been
studied sufficiently to permit &C
curate classification.
In the prevention of such cases
it is important never to eat mussels
which have the slightest odor of pu-
trification and which are taken from
stagnant water. The California
health authorities forbade the sale
of mussels taken from the areas
along the coast.
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Leslie, Housecleaner

At the last moment over the radio, Harry Leslie
says that he intends to clean house where it needs
cleaning if indifference and prejudice makes him
Governor.
The trouble is that Leslie, having had his chance to
do something towards destroying the influences which
corrupted the government used his Office to suppress
investigation by the legislature inquiry that would
certainly have resulted in impeachments.
Before legislative query, it would have been i'm
possible for Governor Jackson to plead the statute of
limitations and his story of the $4,000 horse would
have been more completely told.
It may be said, of course, that only since he re-
ceyed his nomination fro mthe aids and lieutenants
of the dragons and COLLINS has Leslie to under
stand just how badly the state needs house cleaning
and that he has only last night become converted pos
siby by Frank c. Daley to the Of good govern
ment.
If that be true, Leslie should become specific and
tell the people exactly where he intends to start
Does he intend to throw out Alfred Hogston, the
fire marshal who is paying salaries from the peoples
money to lieutenants Of Stephenson who boast that
they do nothing but call at the Office and draw their
checks?
Does he intend to toss overheard the partners of
on the utility commission?
Thus far he has said that everything at the state
house best the history Of the state and in the
country He has auded Jackson and the rest. He has
said that everything is all serene.
It will be remembered that Senator Watson an
nounced that he would lead great Cleanup" crusade
in the spring and redeem the state He did by de-
nouncing Herbert Hoover and nominating Leslie.
The way to cleanup is to really Clean The election
OF the Democratic state ticket with the exception of
Judge David Myers who has stood for the constitution
and who threatened by the despotic dry leader with
defeat the best way to really accomplish what Leslie
now admits needs doing.
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Poll Proves Nothing

According to the Literary Digest's
poll, Herbert Hoover will be elected
by a tremendous majority, while
Smith will get a tremendous Repub-
lican vote. These two indications
do not square with each other. The
cross section of the country as rep
resented by that poll, though 1t
included nearly three million, has
glazing defects.
We are dealing with too large
numbers, and too many cross cur
rents to guess the outcome accurate
ly. The cross currents originate
in the fact that. olir parties have
split within themselves, have become
immobile with their own discord
and leave many people no oppor-
tunity for an honest expression on
several issues, unless they bolt.
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ICOvERNOR SMITH gets a great
" reception in New York and
Herbert Hoover gets series of ova-
tons in the west. The partisanS of
each are heartened. They are heart
ened because this country has grown
SO big as to spoil their sense of pro-
portion. This country has grown
so big that the biggest crowd is
small by comparison.
Did you ever see a million peo-
pie assembled in one place? Did
you ever count a million of any
thing? 1t would take you ten days,
working eight hours a day. At the
end you would have counted less
than l per cent of the people in
this country and less than per
cent of those who will vote.
Time was when the shrewd OBJ
server could tell something aobut
public sentiment in America by siz-
ing up audiences, but that was long
ago.
Today even the most gigantic
nose-counting experiments fail.
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Facing the Facts

Though the Graf Zeppelin has
completed the most successful trans
oceanic flight of any airship, DR..
Eckener, her designer, says she falls
far short of what is needed. That
is the kind of frankness which
makes science the driving force of
civilization.
If DR.. Eckener we're an American
politician, he never would make
such an admission.
His attitude represents the diff
ference between the scientific and
political mind. 1t also explains why
the scientific mind accomplishes so
much more.
But is DR.. Eckener dismayed, or
discouraged? Not at ALL He &C
ceptS the Graf zeppelins defects
as challenge to go on, to build an
airship that will meet the require
nents; to take every possible adj
vantage of what he has learned and
to blink at nothing.
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Enough Words, No More

We remember Woodrow Wilson as
scholar, which he was, but we also
remember him for the fact that he
could talk plainly and briefly when
occasion required. There comes
time" he once said, when you
can't do anything with a man but
knock him down"
Now a British newspaper credits
him with an even more punchful
statement.
1t was in 1918, and the Allies were
fighting with their backs to the wall.
Lloyd George, the British premier,
asked Lord Reading, who was am
bassador at Washington, to explain
the situation to President Wilson
and see If he could not induce the
latter to hasten American aid.
President Wilson listened to Lord
Reading for a few moments. Then
he broke of the discussion with the
remark, I'VE will do our damndest."
The chances are that Lloyd
George would not have asked more
reassuring expression.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Association and Of Hygeia, the
EDITOR Journal Of the American Medics
MaAnIAA ananlaan

Association and Of Hygeia, the
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Health Magazine.
NUMEROUS outbreaks of food
~ poisoning have been associated
with the eating of shellhsh, oysters
and mussels.
In many instances these poison
ings were due to bacterial contain
nations and epidemics of typhoid
fever have been traced to the con-
sumption Of mussels taken from
sewage polluted waters.
Cases of poisoning from eating
mussels at one time were sufficiently
frequent to create a definite public
prejudice against this food. Recent
ly but few such cases have been re-
ported and the prejudice seems to
be disappearing.
Investigators in the University of
California recently studied shellfish
poisoning as 1t occurs on the Pacific
coast.
In July, 1927, there was a definite
outbreak Of poison from the eating
of mussels gathered on the rocky
coast south Of the golden gate near
San Francisco.
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Mexico will broadcast the trial
of Obregon's assassin, which opens
another field to radio.
Not only Mexicans, but people In
Central America and in the south
western section of the United States
can hear the testimony, the argu-
ments. the judges charge and the
verdict if they have receiving sets
and understand Spanish.
Who knows where this experiment
may lead2 Illiteracy is the bane
of Mexico and other Latin Ameri-
can countries, especially in their eff
forts to establish democracy. Be-
cause such large percentage of
their people is unable to read and
write, they find it hard to develop
the necessary intelligence. Radio
may help them to overcome the
difficulty.
People do not lack brains be-
cause they cannot read or write
Who knows what the spoken word
can be made to do in their behalf?
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Test for Germany

Germany has an arbitration law
by which the government is sup
posed to be able to settle industrial
disputes. Up to this time the law
has worked very well, chiefly be-
cause neither workers nor employ
erS attempted to defy it, but sit
uation has developed in the Ruhr
which will test the governments
power e enforce it in the face OF
defiar ~
An arbitration board just has de-
creed an increase in pay of liz
cents per hour for 225,000 metal
workers, which the employers refuse
to accept.
Though the government has Gre
ated the impression that it had au-
thority to enforce the law, though
1t has threatened to run plants in
case the owners fail to accept its
decisions and to confiscate strike
funds In case the unions fail tc
accept them, 1t now admits that II
can not do much of anything, except
resort to moral suasion.
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MOST OF THEM FIGHT
BOSTON is EUROPEAN
q n
EXPLOITING A THUMB

TINE last person to change politi-
a cal boarding houses is Mrs
Constance Williams, daughter Of the
late Henry Cabot Lodge, former Re-
publican leader of the Senate, who
has declared for Smith,
If you are not satisfied with your
political environment, pack your
trunk and move, for everybody's do
ing it.
n n
France is gay, optimistic and free
from care.
She has just decided not to sub
NIT the payment of her American
debt to her parliament at the pres
ent time.
If you contemplate going into the
money borrowing business, don't be
an individual and borrow from
bank; organize yourself into Euro
pean nation and borrow from the
United States,
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BPID6EI5!ABtFu[

club. North now takes the final
trick with the ace of trumps.
If West had refused to cover the
second lead of diamonds. North
would have then discarded his last
club and North and South would
have won the last three tricks with
trumpS.
If West had played his jack of
diamonds at the opening trick, the
problem would have merely been
somewhat simplified. The main OBJ
ject, of course, is to establish dia-
mond trick in the South hand. And
this is insured by leading that suit
at the opening.
Copyright, 1928, by NEA Service, Incl
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TINE newspaper statement that
i the alien vote may give Smith
the support of Massachusetts, will
surprise those who still think of the
Old Bay State in terms of Ply
mouth Rock and Bunker Hill.
AS a matter of fact Boston is
dominated by the foreign vote, while
Old South church and Paul Revere S
home are surrounded by Europeans
utterly ignorant of the fact that
there ever was an American Revolu-
ton.
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The Solution

THIS problem contains no partic-
Il ular feature, but rather clever
play is required to reach the solu-
ton.
South leads a diamond, North
diScardS a club, and East wins the
trick with the ace. East then leads
a club which South wins with the
queen. Now South leads another
diamond, which West covers with
the jack and North trumps.
North next leads a low trump,
South winning the trick with the
eight and then leading his last dia-
mond, North discarding his last
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This Date i'm
u. S. History

Nov. 3
1762-France by secret treaty
coded all her western lands
to Spain.
17s3-American army of1cially dis
banded.
1794-Birthday of William Cullen
Bryant, American poet.
1861. S. Grant elected president;
Virginia, Texas and Mississ-
ippi did not participate in the
election.
1874-Michigan defeated woman
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was cdueQ, re-
porting a mortal
ity of 40 per cent,
so, rs, 80, and 100
per cent. we have
hospitals of i'm
maculate W h lite :
ness and emptied
by quick recovery,
while the roll-call
of operations re-
veals few mortali-
ties exceeding 10
per cent, most of
them having fallen
to 5 per cent, z per
cent, l per cent,
and even small
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Questions and
AnSzOeYS

You can get an answer to any answer
writing TO Frederick M, Kerby. Question
Editor The indianapolis Times WASH
ington Bureau. 1922 New YORK Ave.
Wilmington. D. O.. incIosing. cents in
stamps for reply. Medical and legal
advice cannot be given, nor can ex-
tended research be made. All ether
questions will receive a personal reply
All letters are confidential You are
cordially invited to make use OF tnlF
What Is the value of the Aston
estate? What member of the family
now controls it?
The Astor estate is valued at
about $10O,000,000 and is owned
principally by Vincent Aston.
How many Negroes were delegates
to Republican national convention
in 1920?
There were twenty-seven Negro
delegates, as follows: Florida 4,
Georgia 8, Louisiana 6, Mississippi
6, South Carolina 2, Tennessee /.
What makes the moon shine?
1t shines by the reflected light of
the sun.
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Defeat, Then Victory
No. 1913

nR. KEEN summarized the change which Lister
~ brought about in surgery in his lectures on Be
fore and After Lister" when he said:
Yesterday the dominant note was one of despair
and defeat Today the don 4nan note shall be one of
joy and victory
Instead of hospitals reeking with pus and emptied
by DEATH of operation after operation when the roll
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What causes Shadows?

Shadows are cast by material OBJ
jects when such objects intervene
between o source of light and an
other object or the earth. The rea-
son they cast shadow is because the
particular rays of light passing
across the space occupied by such
bodies are interfered with and
stopped. and these rays of light dc
not reach that part Of the earth OF
other body in the line of the body
stopping the rays.
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H.-None
Dhons
NORTH
SOUTH
BY FABYAN MATHEY

Spades are trumps and South has
the lead. North and South must
win five of the six tricks, against
a perfect defense.
q
T AY out the cards on table, as
shown in the diagram. Study
the situation and see if you can
find the method of play that will
give North and South five tricks.
The solution is printed elsewhere
on this page.
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Union men, meeting in Pennsylvania, urged the
wearing of hats to help the crippled hat industry,
but took no action proposal to favor longer skirts
to aid the mills. One can't get around to everything
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Scientists find that the earth has speeded up
making its accustomed rotation in less than twenty
four hours Probably it's only trying to shake of the
effects of few political speeches.
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British publisher told an audience in Winnipeg
that he found Chicago nice and orderly city Sure,
you've got to be nice and orderly in Chicago-if you
don't, the gangstersl get you.
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Daily Thoughts

To everything there Is season,
and time to every purpose under
the heaven.-Eccl. 81.
y
OBSERVE degree, propriety ana
~ place. Shakespeare.
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Some cattle raisers in the southwest are expert
menting with cactus as food for the cows Maybe
they're only trying tn spike the milk.
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