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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-30
A Lesson in Diplomacy

President-Elect Ortiz Rubio of Mexico as a guest
in Washington is receiving unusual hospitality and
honors. Mr. Hoover is breaking precedent by calling
him as though he already the president of
Mexico
How different the atmosphere now and four years
ago! Then the White House and the state depart
ment were exhibiting peculiarly bigoted and bully
ing attitude toward smaller neghbor to the south
Secretary Kellogg was achieving the heights of dplo-
matte insult by announcing that Mexico "on trial
before the world"
Perhaps there many explanations for the
change in relationship between the two governments
But inclined to believe that most of the credit
should go to the Mexican and American peoples.
The state departments belligerent policy failed
really because the American people would have none
Of It, They simply did not believe the silly propa-
ganda spread by Washington. Their attitude toward
intervention was that should tend to business
Also the Mexican people kept their heads. They
seemed to realize in some intuitive way that the
American nation as distinct from the temporary
Washington administration, was not an enemy, but
a friend
OF course such sanity and friendship the part
Of peoples can not be fully effective in diplomacy
except through officials.
And it was the good fortune of Mexico to have in
Washington--and still have-an ambassador with
CACdGLFC LII UtGWGCl
the two countries, Senior Teller. Beatedy Washing
ton also chose wise and fair man to rep
resent
Doubtless than to any other one man,
Washington's new method of dealing with Mexico as
an equal and good neighbor is due to Ambassa-
dor Morrow, who now is going to the senate
President Hoover has difficult and very impor-
tant task in finding successor for Morrow in Mexico
City.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-30
REASON By Ff hASBIs
XxTE have the old time winter, but not the dtime
ri1ntor

XXTE have the odtime winter. but not the oldt time
w winter gaieties.
the dance have taken from the white season its JOY,
its color its outdoor amusements which make winter
the most picturesque part Of the year.
In those olden days whole towns joined hands TO
make the freezing time festival, observed with COM
munty spirit.
The fire department would flood the biggest hill
in town and when it froze the most of the popua-
ton would be there. old and young hurrying through
their suppers to coast down the lightning incline in
the moonlight
Streets were roped of, four or five blocks being
turned to joy, but today it seems lost art the
hills still there and it's covered with and the
fire department still has the water and the willingness
to flood the place. but generation has grown up
which is interested in other things
And just between you and me, this generation IS
losing out.
WHEN there were the bobsled rides when twenty
w boys and girls would jump into the sled which
was heaped with straw and piled with robes and
blankets and thus fortified against the wintry blasts,
the driver would swing his whip and the crowd would
glide and bump along out into the country, to the
farm house of some old friend whose family would
be routed out of bed to cook the oysters.
-
When there were skating parties everywhere, there
being good pond every three or four blocks where
could skate in safety except for broken arm
or leg for the water was too shallow for drowning,
but as soon as one grew to be 10 he turned his
back safety and sought the river.
There's where the sport was the hazard being just
enough to add a dash of horseradiSh, besides there
was room on old Eel river, 800 feet of it from bank
to bank and then you could explore Up and around the
curves where none had gone before and thereby hung
a thrill
THIS reminds us of old Major McFaddin and
the skating parties he used to give, and while you
didn't have this particular character in your town
YOU had one just like him. for such quaint souls
we're common when the hangover of the frontier was
still upon the middleweSt.
This particular major, like the one in your town,
wore broad felt hat, long Prince Albert coat low
vest and broad white shirt front with open collar
and black string tie.
skating party and there were skates for all furnished
us of GladStone's.
And the band was there and great hreS along the
banks and things to eat
Nobody ever missed the majors skating parties,
that is, of the kids.
The greatest sport on that old river was the game
Of Skinny.
They call it hockey now. because they play it with
ball and with manufactured clubs, the players wear
ing gaily coored suits whereas We just used old
tin can and a crooked limb cut from tree and as
for wardrobes, were not strictly the last word In
fashion.
But oh boy. the fun We had. --.sa4AAH
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-30
Situation Is Tangled
TXTE propose a flve-power nav;

W. propose f i've over naval val
the purpose Of establishing parity
between England and ourselves, just
as though the Mediterranean sit
uation did not have to be taken
into account.
France wants parity with Italy
in the Mediterranean, and Italy
seems in mood to accept it, but
first both want to know what Eng
land will agree to, while Spain
comes forward to demand the in
standardization of Gibraltar as
the price of her cooperation.
1t goes without saying that the
naval tonnage England is allowed
to maintain in the Mediterranean
will have some bearing on her total
amount, and it goes without say
ing that this must be determined by
a conference in which we are not
directly interested.
Just one illustration of how
hopelessly the disarmament problem
is complicated by the piecemeal
methods we Americans would sub
stitute for the League of Nations.
Still, we can not afford to back
water. The idea of getting mad
and calling of the conference be-
cause France raises certain issues
in a perfectly straightforward way
is not only absurd, but futile.
The greater the differences that
have arisen, the more essential it
becomes to meet openly and thrash
them out man fashion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-30
The Army on the Job

kept busy this holiday season. glance at these figures
submitted from the army's central headquarters il
Chicago.
Something like 100000 pounds of gifts were dis
ribued in 275 cities and towns in eleven mdwesern
states by the army's workers Among them the
following 100000 pounds of toys 100000 pounds Of po-
aoes, 100000 pounds apples 10000 dressed chickens
10000 oranges, 10000 pounds OF candy $4,000 fruit
cakes 100000 of milk soup and vegetables 10000
pounds of sugar 900 oaves of bread $4,000 pounds
of coffee 10000 pounds of butter $4,000 packages of
crackers and some 600 pieces of wearing apparel
All of which would seem to indicate that the old
reliable Salvation Army very much on the job.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-30
Man Must Fight Animals Diseases

medicine which have aroused par
ticular interest in recent years have
been the attitude toward constitu-
ton and environment as important
factors in disease.
Studies made on the joints and
OH the blood of persons with rheu-
matte complaints indicated that
definite chemical changes take place
in the body when temperature and
humidity change and that within
reason human beings can anticipate
changes in the weather by sensa-
tons of pain.
In Germany particularly, but also
III some great clinics in this coun-
try, there is coming to be more en-
phaSiS placed on the constitution or
nature of the human being as in
herited from his ancestors in rela-
tionship to the length of time that
he will live and to diseases that he
will have.
Investigators in New York feel
that the anatomy and nature of the
human body are associated definite
ly with the diseases from which the
human being is likely TO suffer
In the old days it was believed
that certain types of people were
likely to have tuberculosis, others
asthma, and still others rheumatic
complaints. Recent Investigations
tend to confirm this view.
Next: New apparatus to aid the
Musician
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-30
The Marking Gesture

II a revolution could be wrought by executive de-
CREE the Chinese government on jan l would abolish
as planned-the extraterritoriaI privileges enjoyed
by foreigners in that country for eighty years
But the answer is of course, that basic changes are
not achieved so easily.
Desp;te Markings strong abolition eolct 1t is nlgh-
" probable that foreigners on Jan will have about
tine same special privileges they had the day before
and the wear before This is especially true OF the So
called treaty ports such as Shanghai where most of
the foreigners live.
There are several reasons why Markings procama-
ton is not apt TO prove as sweeping in fact as IN
theory The best reason that the Chinese govern
ent is weak and divided while the foreign powers are
strong and fairly united on this issue.
washington and most of the other powers take the
position that the special foreign courts for foreigners
covered by treaties not be abolished without due
process and mutual consent.
In theory China has an unanswerable argument for
abolishing extraterritorality is infringement
Of her sovereignty and independence.
But there are certain practical conditions which
have prevented her in the past and probably will con-
tnue to prevent in the future from achiev-
ing full sovereignty Recurring civil have drained
her strength as nation and prevented unifcation,
without which modern reforms can not be carried out
Hence she has not attained the codihcaton OF her
laws and the of her courts which the powers
always have insisted must precede the elimination OF
special foreign courts.
Rightly or wrongly the United States government
and others will not give up extraterritoriality until
China has working native system to replace the
foreign system
And since China is not strong enough to defy the
powers as did Japan and Turkey when they wiped out
extratorritorality the only intelligent alternative
seems to be for her to negotiate with the powers
gradual and conditional REIMBURSEMENT
That such compromise alternative is necessary so
late In the day OF Chinese naionalism doubtless Is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-30
HEALTH SERVICE

to control the condition by insur-
ing more extensive paSteurization
of milk and by the elimination OF
cattle with contagious abortion
from herds throughout the country
One of the most significant OBJ
servations of recent years is the
fact that the gap between the dis
eases that afflict animals and the
diseases that afflict man is being
more closely closed.
Today man must be constantly
aware of the fact that diseases af-
fecting cattle, dogs, sheep, swine,
horses and indeed every living thing
in his vicinity may be a potential
source of danger to man himself
The germs are living organisms
and change their characteristics
exactly as do human beings in re-
Spouse to changes in their heredity
and in their environment.
A significant discovery Of the cur
rent year has been the fact that
the serums for meningitis ordinarily
potent have failed in some small
epidemics that have occurred in
this country during 1929.
When the specific meningitis
germ responsible was isolated and
a serum prepared on the basis of
the type of meningitis that con-
Germs human beings today, the new
erum was found as efficient as the
meningitis serum Of a previous year
had been against the meningitis of
that period.
Among the phases of the trend of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-30
B0rah Wins
Ut is encouraging to find prohib

Ut is encouraging to find prohibi-
i tionistS fighting among them
selves. Thus, Borah, who was a very
lion among the drys during the last
campaign, now has expressed grave
doubts as to the efficiency Of en-
forcement.
To be sure, there have been few
public problems which have not en-
listed Borah's very gallant efforts
on both sides. Yet modiflcationists
have a right to be very happy at
his partial alienation from prohibit
ton 1t is a good sign for better
days to come.
Senator Borah has prophetic vi
sion. He is always ahead of his
time. In all Washington there is
not single public servant who can
keep pace with him in the matter
Of leaving a sinking ship.
We used to boast of minute men,
but they are Anticipated. Show Bo-
rah even the most distant band
wagon and he can climb on board
in something like ten seconds fiat.
fCopvright. 1929. BY The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-30
SCIENCE
DR.. IrlCiB LGngmuir GiUen
WeH-DeSerUed Honor IN
AlCGrd of Chandler Medal.
BY DAVID DIETZ

TINE Chandler medal for achieve
i ment in science just has been
awarded by Columbia university 10
DR.. Irving Langmuir, president Of
the American Chemical Society and
associate director of the Research
Laboratory Of the General Electric
Company.
DR.. Langmuir's career is one Of
the best examples of the modern
fusion of So-called pure science"
and applied science"
Twenty years ago, the distinc-
ton between the two was plain.
There were practical things to be
done in the field of engineering.
like building bridges for exampiS.
In the laboratories, we're re-
search men interested in such prob
lens of pure science as the con-
stitution of the atom.
But DR.. Langmuir became one Of
the pioneers in the development of
the atomic theory and then pro-
ceeded to put his knowledge of the
atom and the electron to work.
AS a result. he has made many
inventions of great value. The gas
filled tungsten incandescent lamp
was one of his inventions. Almost
a billion of these bulbs have been
manufactured in the United States.
Because of their economy of OPP
Grafton. it is estimated that they
save the public $1,0O0,0OO every
night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-30
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN.
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
TINE diseases which have aroused
Il the most interest among physi-
clans during the last year have been
tularemia and undulant fever.
Tularemia is a disease transmit
ted to man primarily through the
agency of the rabbit, but also
through contact with other rodent
species.
The disease formerly occasiOned
but little interest to human beings,
but cases are being seen more and
more frequently. The disease has
been found not only in the United
States, but in Japan recently, Ger
many and in many other countries.
UndpIant fever apparently is re-
lated to contagious abortions in cat
tie. The proof of this depends on
immunologic studies which are diff
flcult to understand by any one not
versed in the technical studies Of
the human blood.
More and more frequently cases Of
undulant fever, as 1t Was Ca4I1<
years ago, are being seen among
human beings.
Already attempts are being made
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-30
Attitude IS Narrow

0UR thought is that if the
" proper kind of agreement can
be reached between England and
ourselves as to construction and
maintenance of navies, the dis
armament problem will take care of
itself, so far as we are concerned.
France, because of her peculiar
training and traditions, interprets
this attitude as forecasting an
Anglo American alliance, and the
chances are that we would feel the
same way if we were Frenchmen.
Both viewpoints are provincial,
but, if anything, ours is more pro-
vincial than that of France. 1t
certainly takes in less of the world,
and provides less of a guarantee
against future wars
Without realizing it, we are try
ing to make ourselves safe and at
the same time escape any obliga-
tons for what may occur in Europe.
To put it briefly, we refuse to
recognize the difficulties and re-
sponsibilities that go with the
problem outside of our own i'm
mediate sphere OF operations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-30
7 he Atom

TIME first satisfactory theory to
Il account for the arrangement Of
the electrons in the atoms of mat
ter was worked out by Langmuir
in collaboration with DR.. G, N.
Lewis of the University of Cali
fornia.
This theory, which became known
as the Langmuir-L theory, pic
tured the atoms as resembling the
Chinese toys which consist of nests
of boxes. one within the other.
According to the theory, the cleo
irons were arranged around the
nucleus or center of the atom in
shells or zones in the same fashion
The two scientists worked out the
number Of electrons which each
shell could hold and showed that
the resemblance of various chemi-
cal elements could be explained by
similar CONGREGATIONS of electrons
within the imaginary shells.
The Langmuir-Lewis theory fits
the facts of chemistry excellently
d4lu do d. IcoulVs Vic dCOLl, do GllCy
pictured it, became known as the
Chemists atom"
The Langmuir-Lewis theory was
expanded by DR.. Niels Bohr of
Copenhagen. The Bohr atom, in
stead Of picturing the electrons at
definite points in zones, pictures
them as revolving in orbits. The
orbits, however, are grouped into
zones, which are the same as those
in the Langmuir Lewis atom.
The Bohr theory has held the
field until recently. 1t appears now,
however, that notifications of it
will be necessary as a result of the
studies of wave mechanics.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-30
Questions
and AnSzOerS

Is Waldo a nickname.
1t is a French personal name
meaning power"
In what picture does Lenore Uric
sing ''The Right Kind of Man?"
Frozen Justice"
Did a bin pass the last session of
congress providing for an increase
in the annuity of retired civil serv-
ice employees?
Yes, but President Coolidge did
not sign it and it did not become
a law.
How old does one have to be to
join the marine corps?
Eighteen is the minimum age.
From Is to 81 years, consent Of par
ents Is necessary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-30
Inventions

A MOTHER of DR. Langmuir's in
"A vcntions is the high vacuum
radio tube. The tube invented by
DR.. Lee De Forest possessed a low
vacuum. DR., Langmuir. from his
researches in the behavior of gases.
saw the advantages of a high
vacuum in such a tube.
1t is estimated that 100000
high vacuum radio tubes are now in
use.
Another Of his inventions is the
atomic-hydrogen welding torch.
This torch employees a jet of hydro
gen gas through which an electric
current is sent.
AS a result, the molecules of n.y.
drogen are broken up into atoms.
Hydrogen is far more active in its
atomic state than III its molecular
state. AS a result the torch gives
an extremely hot flame which is
suitable for welding the most re-
fractory metals.
DR. Langmuir'S researches into
phySlcal chemistry nave contributed
largely to many of the advances in
modern science.
He was born in Brooklyn on Jan.
81, 1881. He was graduated from
Columbia university. obtaining his
PHI. D, at the University of Coffin
gen. Honorary degrees have been
conferred upon him by Northwest
ern, Union. Columbia and Edin-
burgh universities. He has been
awarded number of other medals
in the past.
He has been at the General Elec-
trio laboratories in Schenectady
since 1909.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-30

TITO preserve some booliSh flavor
u in this weekly column, custom
ariIy devoted to reviews, it is
necessary today to resort to poetry
Verse appears here seldom, and the
present specimen is fortunately not
my own.
Edward Anthony's inspiration was
a prose paragraph in the January
issue of Vanity Fair which declared
roundly: James Joyce's Ulysses
unquesionably is the most important
single volume Of fiction written in
cur time and by many considered
the most important volume ever
written"
1t was, I imagine, the word "lm-
questionably" which aroused the
muse of Anthony, but, at any rate,
he sat down and wrote "A Pro-
nouncement Is Made which runs
as follows:
"a we'll dispensed superlative is
something that I love. There's
nothing in the lit-ry world that I
am fonder of. 1t aids us chaps who
have no more discernment than a
cat to know the most important this,
the most important that. The super
special greatest ever, adjectival lure
is not for movies only, it's invaded
Litrachor.
"All pussyfooting critics do pub
licly disown, who can not spot the
finest thing the world has ever
known-who do not know or dare
not say (The Lily-Livered Sissys)
eternitys supremest tome is Dub
lin Jim's Ulysses
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-30
Judgment

T EAVING literature at this point,
IL I can not refrain from COM
menting on Magistrate Sylvester
Sabbatino's cure for Communism
David Welsh, 17-year-old, was
brought to his court charged with
soliciting aims in subway train for
the GaStonia textile strikers.
Begging, unless under some spe-
cial license, is clearly and properly
crime, no matter whether the OBJ
ject is worthy or otherwise.
The magistrate would have been
clearly within his rights in impos-
ing some slight fine or reprimand
upon the young man. Life in a
crowded community such as New
York hardly could be carried on II
various individuals undertook to
collect funds for Armenians and
others in tight-packed subway
trains.
According to the newspaper re-
ports, the gentleman on the bench
remarked to the boy in open court.
what you need Is for me to have
you In two-by-four room. What
] you'd do to you'd hlacken your
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| ANNIVERSARY
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SOCIETY OF JESUITS
Dec. 30

SOCIETY OF JESUITS
Dec. 30
ON Dec. 80, 1885. the Society Of
" the JesuitS was founded by
Ignatius Loyola, a Spanish monk,
who entered into an agreement with
five of his fellow students to under
take the conversion of all unbe-
levers and a pilgrimage to Je-
rusalem.
From this small beginning, it be-
came a powerful society under the
energy and shrewd policy of its
leaders, and was raised to a degree
of historical importance unparal-
leled in its kind.
Among Loyola's followers we're
many learned men. His writing has
formed the basis of the spiritual
training of the Jesuits themselves
and the mold in which their re-
treats and missions are conducted
in the Roman Catholic churches Of
the world
Today also is the anniversary OF
the signing of the treaty providing
for the Gadsen purchase. on Dec.
80. 1853.