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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20
REASON By Ff nAHpzs

THIS war in Palestine should cause a grateful
i u S. A. to get together and give taf1y pulling
something in honor of those senators at Washing
ton who had enough gumption to keep from &C
cepting mandate for that eruptive area.
The trouble with a law against the sale Of fire
arms that the thugs have theirs and the law would
operate only to keep the aw-abiding citizen from
getting the necessary implements for defensive pur-
poses.
1t may cheer the American farmer he fights
the borer to hear that the lions have left their
reserves in South Africa and carrying off sheep
and cattle in addition to causing the inhabitants to
watch their STEP
Denham Maclaren, London decorator, has per-
fected glass furniture
1t should be just the, thing for the glass houses
in which so many reside.
THE ex-kaiser has expressed desire to be buried
Il by the side of his first wife and that's re-
quest the people of Germany should honor with
unbounded enthusiasm
There's something CHASTITY about carrying elab-
crate presents to the graves of those who lived and
die destitute, which observation is prompted by the
bill introduced at Washington to build 100000
memorial for Lincons mother, who never in her life
had enough to buy one real good dress.
Wisconsin father goes to court to keep his chill
dren from making him eat with the family dog. It's
likely the compulsion rather than the society to
which he objects for normal man feels loss of
caste from canine companionship
The most appealing thing about Mr.. Coolidge's adj
niniSraton his habit of singing sausage to his
collie at White House breakfasts.
1t is all right for this professor in the agricultural
university of Copenhagen to furnish wooden leg for
his COW, but we would not want to milk her in fly
time.
THE women of Chicago organizing to make
l. that city beautiful in order to attract visitors
to their fair in 1888 but is far important for
them to divorce crime from politics and convince the
world that it is safe to come to the big show.
One is perfectly safe outside the crime belt in
Chicago but the world at large thinks differently
In selecting DR.. Gustavo Guerrero of Salvador as
president of the league of nations assembly. the
members observed one Of the fundamentals of arch
ecture that the top of every structure should be
light possible
st Louis psychologist Claims that he has DEM
onsrated that the way to stay young is to red
flannel underwear sleep and eat with face downward
on log, and stick to diet of cocoanuts.
Before the people try it, there should be some
way TO test 1t out Fall and Sinclair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20
I'm Alone Not Alone

Before arbitration Of the I'm Alone dispute is COM
pleted the guard again pitches us into sea OF
trouble with Canada by firing another alleged
rum runner.
Of course there is some improvement. They sunk
the schooner I'm Alone 200 miles out at sea, drowning
one Of the and rsking the lives of the others.
And they merely hit the motorship Shawnee twice
without sinking her.
There Is the customary disagreement over details,
but there is no disagreement that the coast guard cut
ter Washington officially admits it.
Captain Mcleod Of the Shawnee says his ship
in ballast en- route from Bermuda to st. Pierre and
while twenty-sx miles off New York shelled with
out warning by unghted cutter Not until after his
ship was sheed did the cutter hail him and inquire
to his identity, according to the captain. Whereupon
he sailed away with two cutters in hot pursuit, and
the next day outdstanced them.
According to coast guard headquarters the Shaw
nee is a rum runner fired upon by patrol boat off
Ambrose light, New York because the ship failed to
heed the challenge to stop. The first three shots fired
were blanks and only the last two shells, it is
said.
But the coast guard has no right under the law or
treaty to attack even runner any other
sci on the high seas unless, under the doctrine of
hot pursuit" the chase began within territorial
waters.
AS Canada has demonstrated in the I'm Alone dis
pute, there is nothing in the treaty permitting hot
pursuit" to begin outside of the three-ile limit The
one-hour sailing distance extension of territorial
waters concession made by foreign governments to
the United States in the liquor treaties applies only
to the within which the coast guard may search
ships, and does not widen the three-nie limit from
which the pursuit upon the high seas must start.
AS no one claims the Shawnee was within the
three-mile limit the pursuit in her case was illegal.
The other point is whether she was within one
hour sailing distance from shore when sheled. The
coast guard statement that she was "n the vicinity"
OF Ambrose light could mean that she anywhere
from seven to seventeen miles from shore.
The Shawnee captain swears he was twenty-six
miles of shore. He says his speed ten knots or
less than twelve miles
For a government vessel to fire upon foreign ship
on the high seas is a serious international crime
The administration should investigate these
charges Immediately. If the coast guard crew is
guilty it should be punished damages should be paid
the victim and official apology made to the Canadian
government There is no reason to wait for a formal
Canadian protest 1t is reputation that is at
stake
1t our job as the President has declared to stop
prohibition lawlesSneSs by law officers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20

more perfect scheme be devised for the of some
future free-trade President, willing to wreck the
whole structure of protection.
The senate committee has shaved of enough of
these provisions TO make the bill not quite dan
gerous in this regard it 1t also had restored
their powers to the customs courts.
One other alteration to provide for possible
change in the basis of tariff duties from the cost of
production abroad to wholesale prices of the i'm
ported article here Since the latter much higher
the effect would be to increase greatly the actual
tariff rates but the senate committee has sought to
provide against this by asking the tariff commission
to work out rates which would give exactly much
protection as at present.
At first sight this change of basis would seem to
simplify administration. and to reduce the chances of
fraud. 1t will be debated fully before adoption how
ever and the public will have chance to make up its
mind whether jokers concealed in the plan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20
HEALTH
Illness Closely Linked With Fatigue

the last hour many workers are
merely marking time, hence there
are less likely to be accidents in this
final period.
In the modern factory, expert
.enced executives do everything pos
sible to prevent fatigue. The pos
ture of the individual at work is
studied, to save him unnecessary
motions. to rest the back and the
feet, and to put the objects worked
on within easy reach.
Mechanical devices do the lifting;
illumination prevents shadows; vi
bration is overcome by architectural
construction and the use of springs
and pads; noise is deadened by
Soundproof walls and individual
cubicles for workers.
Whenever these improvements are
put into effect and supplemented by
rest periods following peak loads
of labor, the number of illnesses and
accidents in the factory promptly
decreases.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20
HEALTH SERVICE

faction that is produced by tired
ness from physical work.
All sorts of methods have been
worked out by the experimenters
to measure fatigue and tiredness.
These indicate that when a person
begins work in the morning he is
fresh and has a rising curve of
ability.
This begins to fall after several
hours, rises briefly again after the
noon period of rest, and then drops
for the rest of the day.
In the same way, the curves of
accidents follow the curve of ia
tigue. There are relatively few &C
cidents in the mornings, and the
number gradually increases as the
workers become more and more
tired.
The number of accidents de-
creases toward the end of the work
ing day.
This is explained by the fact that
the speed has slowed down and in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20
1T SEEMS TO ME B, H BRovS

"T SUPPOSE" writes c. w. w.
J. from somewhere in New York
state, that your little affair with
nature is all over for this year.
People around here say, why don't
New Workers go back to New York
on Labor day?' What I have been
trying to solve is: Why do they go
back there at all?
"And I think I've solved it. After
viewing the problem from every
angle I've concluded that it is be-
cause they haven't got cats.
st used to think it was jobs which
kept people from going where they
wanted to go. I know better now.
It's cats. I've had jobs, and I know
from experience that they don't tie
man down. I had jobs in New
York-several of them. suppose
they are there yet.
But didn't have cats there, and
when I got good and ready to quit
New York last April I quit it. I
didn't think it was going to be for
ever, but unless something happens
to the cats it looks as if it would.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20
A Little Better

There is doubt that the Republicans of the
senate finance committee have made improvements
in the administrative clauses of the house tariff bill
though the rates remain almost bad.
AS the house bill Stood it greatly had so widened
the So-called flexible provisions as to give the Presi
dent his secretary of the treasury and his tariff
mission virtually autocratic powers in relation to the
tariff.
The house took this action despite the fact that the
flexible provisions they exist have been the
subject of widespread criticism as delegating the
powers OF congress to the President despite their
abuse by Presidents Harding and Coolidge who used
them almost solely to increase tariff rates.
The house bill would have allowed the President
to tariff commission entirely according to his
wishes This commission would have had the
power to recommend tariff changes to the President
the himsy basis that competitive conditions"
demanded them.
Meanwhile the secretary of the treasury was to
have sole power OF decision on all controversies af-
fecting the basis of tarif-a power vested in the
customs court
more perfect scheme for the use of some future
high-tarn President could not be imagined Nor could
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20
Judge 1t on Its Merits

President Hoovers suggestion that the various
states take over the 100000 of public lands
now held by the federal government is proposition
that needs serious consideration.
1t is rather unfortunate that vets and drys, in
many tying the thing up with prohibition. 1t
has been suggested that this may be feeler-a pre-
ude suggesting that the individual states take over
in the same way, the matter of prohibition enforce
ment.
Those who see it in this light WILL of course judge
the public lands proposal by their prohibition seni
ments If they are vets, they will favor it; if they
dryS. they will oppose it.
But the question is so important that it should be
considered strictly its merits. 1t will be dis
astrous if major policy like this should be decided
on because of its supposed connection with utterly
unrelated issue
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20
Railroad Consolidation

The problem Of railroad consolidation has been
complicated further by the action of L. F. Loree,
president of the Delaware g. Hudson in submitting to
the interstate commerce commission entirely new
proposal for grouping eastern roads Lorees project
is the most extensive of several submitted to the
I. C. c..
He proposes to merge seventeen railroads, having
1858 miles of track and aggregate investments of
$4,000 100000 The suggested system would every
Atlantic port from the Canadian boundary to Hamp-
ton Roads, including the latter
1t would blanket territory east of Pittsburgh and
north of the Dixon line and would be in posi-
ton to offer strong competition to any system that
might be carved out of the remaining lines.
Several merger applications have been presented to
the l. c. c., but all those examined have been denied
because of the financial structure or because the
routings considered undesirable. The proposals
of the Van Sweringens. Baltimore & Ohio and Wa
bash, for creation of trunk lines pending The
Pennsylvania the New York Central and other systems
interested vitality and been maneuverng and
negotiating for control of strategic lines.
The net result is that we are no nearer to having
four five efficient and economic trunk lines than
we were when the railroad consolidation act was
passed in 1920 although that the purpose of the
legislation. Pending applications conflict in vital
points.
Clauoe Porter, interstate commerce commissioner,
has worked out definite plan for creation OF trunk
lines, which the commission will examine this fall If
acceptable to other members of the commission, it
then expected to submit it to congress for rafca
ton. Perhaps this will result in definite action.
There has been question to the authority of the
commission to force consultations, under existing
laws. Bills to grant the commission any additional
power it may need are before congress and will be
considered at the regular session. President Hoover
is said to regard the problem of first Importance
in the economic life Of the country.
Chaos not be permitted to exist much longer
The railroads apparently not get together The al
tentative is intervention by congress and the L G. c.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20
Inspect Your Auto

The Importance of having the family auto inspect
ed frequently for mechanical defects thing most
of us overlook We take for granted that things are
safe enough-and sometimes discover that something
is wrong only when it causes disaster.
The Baltimore Automobile Club and police recently
stopped and inspected as many autos as they could
lay their hands on. OF 193,354 inspected. they
found more than $1,000 that needed brake adjustments
in order be perfectly safe Eight thousand had
suspected defects in the steering gear and nearly 10000
needed adjustment of lights.
Those are small matters, perhaps-but they are just
the sort of thing that cause unavoidable" acct
dents Having mechanic check the operation of your
car every so often is essential to safe driving
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20
Tender Hearted

"nO you happen to know how
~ long it takes the average New
Yorker to outlive four cats?
"Not the average person, mind
you, but the average New Yorker.
You have referred to the way city
life breeds tender-heartedness. The
average countryman can outlive a
cat in one afternoon-the time it
takes him to walk to the lake and
tie a big. stone to the bag.
But New Workers can't do that.
They don't mind numbering perfect
strangers, but they draw the line at
members of their own gang.
my wife and I are both incurable
New Workers, so it looks as though
we'd have to stay away from New
York for the cats-all four of them
are members of the gang. In fact,
they were born into it last March.
"Of course, we can't take them =
New York. There are too many
wild beasts roaming at large with
out muzzles in that city, and 1t
wouldn't be safe. And we can't sep
arate them.
The gang has been together all
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20
Cat Will Come Back

MIR. w. need not build false
1V1 hopes, Nothing will happen to
the cats. I'm a little bitter about
cats myself, although me are in
the city.
The mother came in out of driv-
ing rainstorm. No one possibly
could have turned her out until she
had the kittens. But now that they
are beginning to mature I can see
that she proposes to turn them over
to me.
The kittens seem intent upon re-
naming. 1t would be my luck-in-
deed, it is my luck-to have the en-
tire litter female. But there is one
pleasant thing about cats. They
never give you any thanks.
Nobody can say cat ever went
back on friend, because she never
makes the slightest pretense of en-
thusiasm about the resident house
holder. You can't give her anything
but milk.
Marion, the head Ct the cat clan,
at least preserves neutrality. She
tolerates me. But the kittens act
as if they we're black and tan.
Copyright 1929 by The Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20

Editor Times-I think a beautiful
city like Indianapolis should be glad
to supply water and gas to mother
who is willing to work all night in
lunch wagon for $3.50 week and
then do the best she can to get the
family washing done in the day
time.
There are any number of mothers
with only one or two children who
would not think of doing a little
washing, to say nothing Of working
all night, too.
I do hope some one will arrange
to take a collection and give this
mother home and some means Of
keeping the family together. This
woman has a job as it is to take
care of seven children, to say moth
ing of doing outside work. too.
The city should be glad that it
doesn't have to feed and clothe the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20
Times Readers Voice Viez0S

seven in the orphan homes. These
children if given home, and their
own mothers care will be good citi-
zens some day. 1t is hard enough
feeding and clothing a family on
decent wages to say nothing OF
starvation wages.
If some of these women who spend
their times at card parties would
take an extra dollar and send it TO
this mother they would be doing
God and their country a good turn.
Make this mother feel good and
don't take her family away from
her after she has gone down the
valley of the shadow to bring them
into this world. She probably did
not have loving care while she was
bearing her children. so let's get
together and give her a reward for
her pains.
A Mother Who Also Works.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20
Whittier the Wind2

IF these are straws, what kind of a
L wind is blowing?
Are we laying the basis for a new
economic structure, or playing with
fire?
Politicians. or statesmen, If you
prefer, appear too dazed to recognize
the difference, much less the danger
Financiers, even of an old and
conservative order, seem only too
glad to get in line.
The capital investment of great
industries doubles in a day, stocks
rise as if by magic, increased profits,
whether through increased price OF
increased production, become man
datory. The entire scheme is built
on the expectation of America earn
ing about twice as much next year,
as she did last, and not only next
year, but every year afterward.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20
SCIENCE
Prot. E. w. Br0aCn Starts to
Make a Timetable for the
Eighth Satellite of Jupiter.
BY DAVID DIETZ-

PROFESSOR E. w. BROWN of
l. Yale university, president of the
American Astronomical Society, has
returned to his old paStime of max
ing celestial timetables.
The last one he made took him
almost forty years. bat he hopes to
have the one he now is working on
complete in five years.
The last timetable DR.. Brown
constructed was for the moon. More
exactly, what Professor Brown did
was to develop a set of equators ex-
pressing the motions of the moon
from which timetables can be made
for all time to come.
Each year the Nautical almanac
contains tables giving the position
Of the moon for the entire coming
year.
These tables are invaluable to
navigatorS as we'll as astronomers,
are based upon Professor Browns
equations.
In working out the equations for
the moon Professor Brown solved
a problem which astronomers had
been tackling for centuries. The
work insures a permanent place for
his name in the annals of aStron-
on1y.
But Professor Brown is not con-
tent to rest on his laurels.
He now has undertaken to work
out a series of equations upon
which timetables can be formulated
for the eighth satellite of Jupiter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20
No Vacation
XNTHEN Professor Brown Com
WV ..1aLA. LIZ. ...... Aa.... i.a--.o.ra..

XKTHEN Professor Brown Com
w pletes his equations, however,
astronomers will have no difficulty
keeping track of the eighth satellite.
1t will be possible to make time-
table from his equations giving the
exact position of the satellite for
every day of the year. All an as
trononer will have to do then is
look up the position of the satellite
for the particular day and turn his
telescope to the place indicated.
Readers who have not forgotten
completely the difficulties of their
high school algebra will realize the
difficulties facing Professor Brown
when they hear that he is working
with equations containing seventy
terms.
But he expects to have the work
finished in five years.
Then, perhaps, you might think
he would take a vacation from ma
thematical equations? Well, asked
him that question.
He smiled. mo" he said, Il think
III tackle the ninth satellite of Ju-
piter when I've finished with the
eighth. Equations for its orbit
would be equally useful to astrono-
mers."
The work Of calculating the orbits
of these satellites of Jupiter are so
difficult because there are so many
bodies influencing them and conse-
quently introducing irregularities
into their orbits
In addition, there are Irregular
tiles which result from the fact that
Jupiter's own orbit is marked by
irregularities which are the result
of the attraction of the other
planets, particularly Saturn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-20
Nine Moons
Unlike the earth. wnic,

T mike the earth, which has
~ only one moon, Jupiter has
nine moons or satellites. These
moons have played important roles
in the history of astronomy.
The first four were discovered by
Calico when he made his first little
telescope and turned it upon the
heavens. They bear the distinction,
therefore, of being the first heavenly
objects discovered with the telescope.
1t was in 1910 that Calico made
this discovery.
Three OF these four moons are
each larger than our own moon.
In 1915, Roemer, from observa-
tons of these moons, made the first
determination of the velocity Of
light.
The fifth moon was not discovered
until 1892. 1t was found by the late
DR.. E. E. Barnard, one of the most
skillful observers of modern times.
The remaining four satellites are
all very small and were discovered
by means of photography. Objects
which are too faint to be seen with
the eye, will register themselves
when very long time exposures are
made with Photographic attach
ments on large telescopes.
The eighth and ninth satellites are
particularly hard to study, because
they are so far from the planet
Jupiter.
In fact, Professor Brown has
tackled the time table problem be-
cause astronomers continuously are
losing the eighth satellite.
Its exact orbit is not known. Con-
sequently, it will show up on one
photograph and then astronomers
are at a loss to know exactly where
to look for it sometime later.
Finding it is frequently difficult
task.