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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-17
Very ITnhusinesslike
o tenpora! o mores

It is matter of news, and should be one OF COM
nent to those who are wrestling with the problem OF
unemployment that as its contribution to the solution
the Columbia Conserve Company of this city is carry
ling twenty workers on its pay roll for whom 1t has
no pressing need.
OF course it is queer 1t has no boss, but
does business of nearly two million dollars year.
1t is owned in common by the workers and these
working men and women have the queer idea that
the way to cure unemployment is to provide jobs for
workers
They operate on a basis where it be done. The
wage scale for these is based on needs
They are not concerned in pling up huge surplus
eprohts for melon cuttings for investors.
IA OF course these extra men and women work. They
take the places for tVo-hour periods of those who
wish to study in the educational classes formed at
= the plant. ass 81.
This queer concern answered the question OF those
who worry about what the working man would do
with his leisure his hours OF labor shortened
{, They study history and economic and literature
; under instructors from their own ranks.
It's fantastic, of course. The president Of the
steel company who draws a bonus of more than a
million dollars year for his ability to make profits
for stockholders will tell you that it Just isn't business
But of course, these men and women who really
work and who own their plant in common would do
Just such thing as to Try to jobessness by CIV
/ ing men Jobs It's simple to them. They know
what it means to be out of work. They know now
what it is to be safe Perhaps that's the they
reached this very unbusinesslike decision.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-17
Fugitive Tracked

TN adolescence I was q, Thackeray
4 fan and bought his complete
works, bound handsomely. Included
in the edition was one volume which
must have made the novelist squirm
at times beneath his headstone.
This was a collection of fugitive
pieces" little things he wrote for
Punch. And many, quite evidently,
were done only when the editor said,
GIVE us twenty lines Of something,
William, to fill hole at the bottom
Of Page 90"
To be sure, there we're notable
exceptions in the more ambitious
contributions to the comic paper,
but most of the trivial hardly could
have been intended as anything but
fugitive filler.
Then came posterity, insisting
that because Henry Esmond" and
Vanity Fair were great, each writ
ten word Of Thackeray's was pre-
cious.
Posterity peered and posterity
pried beneath pen names and I'M
signed signed stuff, to the end that
there should not be so much as a
syllable missing in assembling the
armada of the great mans creation,
And there, upon the bookshelf,
stands Thackeray complete, with
some of his majesty diminished by
the fact that little leaky skiffs are
mingled in the parade with battle
ships.
copyright. 1880. BY The Ttmesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-17
.RY DAVID DIEIZ-

Helium May Find Ne'0 Use
as Food Preseruatige and
as Heating and Cooling
Medium In Homes.
rrEL1UM. now thought of chiefly
ii as a safe substitute for hydro
gen in Zeppelins. may soon ma d
variety of uses as a food preserVa-
tive. an aid to deep-sea divers, ana
a means of both heating and COOLING
houses. 1t
This surprising news is set forth
in a report to the American Cheml-
cal Society by w. E. Snyder ana
R. R. Bottoms, chemists, Of Louis
vile.
Helium has proved useful IN Yep
pe1ins because it is lighter than any
gas except hydrogen and IN adol-
ton is chemically inert.
Hydrogen is chemically active. II
will combine with the oxygen OF the
atmosphere with explosive violence.
That is why a tiny spark will cause
a hydrogen filled balloon to explode.
Heliun1, on the other hand. will
not enter into chemical combination
with any other substance.
Snyder and Bottoms point out
that helum possesses other proper
ties which make it valuable for
other purposes. These are its ability
to conduct heat. or as the chemists
say. its high thermal conductivity,
and also its low boiling point and
low specific gravity.
"Helium may also be used m COM
bination with oxygen as an. artificial
atmosphere for use in deep-sea div
ing and caisson work, and in the
treatment of pulmonary and blood
diseases" they say. 1T also may
be used as a circulating medium
in dry systems, and in the grading
and grinding of powdered mate
rails"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-17
The Sponge Cake

g A SPONGE cake was baked and
a half Of it was placed in an
atmosphere Of heliun and sealed to
exclude air" the report continues.
"The other half was left in ordinary
atmosphere. .-- -. ----- -
after two months the part which
was sealed in helium was found to
be as fresh as when it came from
the baker. OF course, the other half
was spoiled
1.-THE property Of chemical inert
ness, coupled with the high heat
conductivity, makes helium of spe-.
cial interest as a circulating medium
for drying many substances now
dried by other means.
Among the products that might
be dried to advantage by helium, it
is claimed, are the following: Albu-
min, casein, cereals, milk powders,
electrical equipment and insulating
materials, explosives, fruits and
vegetables, gelatin and glue, meats
and fish, organic extracts, rubber.
soaps, starch, sugar, yeast; as well
as all kinds of delicate organic and
inorganic materials that would be
affected adversely by high temper
allure or contact with an active gas,
such as air, steam, carbon diozide,
ETC."
The high heat conductivity, it is
asserted, gives to helium as cir
culating medium for drying de-
cided advantage over the use of
vacuurn.
"Helium now is available in COM.
mercial quantities in the United
States, and there is a sufficient sup
ply to meet. not only the needs Of
aeronautics, but for other uses as
well" the report adds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-17
The Muscle Shoals Lame Duck

An example Of the absurdity Of the lame duck
system in congress is given by the First district Of
Tennessee IT,;
Voters there defeated their congressman because
he favored private operation of Muscle Shoals They
elected man who came out courageously, for gov
eminent operation of this great power plant and gov
eminent construction of Cove Greek dam.
And yet for thirteen months the mandate Of the
jorty of these voters will be ignored Their lame duck
congressman will occupy an important place among
the forces apparently determined to force through
the private operations bill which they oppose.
There is a way to renovate this system. And that
is for the house to approve, the senate has the
Norris ant-lame duck amendment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-17
Trial by Combat

rTNHE Rotarlan theory Of getting
y together beforehand, Of ironing
out differences before they arise,
and of striving to meet situations in
in unified way may be better, but
it is against our political traditions.
Those traditions are founded on
trial by combat" and as long as
they survive that is the way we will
solve our problems.
Much as T would like to see the
Democrats and Republicans har-
nnoniously. meet the present crisis,
I have no notion that they will, and
much as I would like to believe that
the chaos which Senator Borah has
predicted represents patriotism
rather than partisanship, 7 am con-
WINGED that it means directly the
reverse.
To put it plainly, if the Repub-
leans split over farm relief, or the
Democrats over prohibition, it will
be because the factions in each party
are determined to fight it out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-17
UncIe Sam. Snooper and Gossip


Not very pleasant picture was drawn
of your Uncle Samuel in the federal court
last week, when he appeared in the role of
wiretapper and snooper and then took on the
added degradation of becoming a common
gossip.
Volsteadism has bred many evils, but
none more dangerous to our traditions than
the legalizing of tapping of telephone wires
by dry agents.
In $50 years, this nation never had to
resort to such methods to obtain evidence
Of other crime.
There are many good lawyers who still
believe that it is illegal. They have faith in
the old legal axiom that a mans house IS
his castle and believe a telephone converse
tion as much part of his home as though
the other party were inside the domicile
Prohibition agents say that they can not
catch bootleggers without tapping wires, al
though at least so per cent of the male pop
ulation seems to have little difficulty in locat-
ing them with ease.
So Uncle Sam has become wire Taper.
The possibilities in the future are appalling.
Business conversations no longer will be safe,
for there is no limitation on the power to
eavesdrop.
The thing will become, in a short time, a
racket, for if it is legal for prohibition agents
to tap wires, it is quite as legal for all other
police officers The sale of business secrets,
backmail tyrannies of all sorts are certain
to happen.
We're the tapping itself not evil enough IN
principle, the SANDER of decent citizens IN
court through the use Of such conversations
is more damnabe.
There could be nothing more contemplate
than the dragging into the trial OF a group
of bootleggers their conversation over the
telephone concerning Judge Walter Prltchard'
He. of course, had no connection with any
of them, and yet his name was banded
about because these, bootleggers saw fit to
talk about him and the dry shoppers, and
wire tappers listened.
That the district attorneys Office per
nitted these overlapping witnesses to drag
in names of any persons not connected with
the offense charged is beyond explanation.
Judge Baltzell stopped the gossip after
Pritchard and others had been put in an, en-
-barrassihg position. ~
The Pritchard incident, perhaps IS
fortunate. 1t shows that no man is safe
when the government departs from its
ancient traditions. The citizen who thus is
held up to ridicule and unfavorable comment
has no remedy He cannot sue for Islander.
This country has many problems. 1t will
have more as it departs from the safe moor
ings of the Bill of Rights. It is headed for
even more when it DISCUSSES Uncle Sam as an
agent provocateur and then turns him into
a common gossip.
To even things up, in the northern dis
trict the federal court fines a man $500 for
selling ginger ale and ice and says that he
is as bad as bootlegger. Many people
thought Volsteadism made only the sale OF
alcohol crime.
o tempora! o moresl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-17
Heat Conductor

HELTUNI, because of its excellent
i 4 heat-conducting properties, has
been suggested as the circulating
medium for domestic heating sys-
TENS for houses in winter and for
use in cooling systems in summer,
the two chemists say.
ut also has been suggested that
the living quarters aboard aircraft,
both dirigibles and airplanes, might
be heated by means of circulation of
helium in a closed system, first
heating the helium by means Of
exhaust from the engines, and then
circulating the hot helium through
radiators in the living quarters.
Such arrangements would eIni-
nate the danger due to leakage of
exhaust gases into the living quar-
ters in cases where engine exhaust
is used for this purpose.
Recent experiments Indicate, the
report continues, that heliunl may
have a definite use in preservation
of food. BY use of helium, other
ScSCo, DULL % GAY SCl43 4ildOSG44 anu
carbon 'dioXide, are excluded com
pletely from contact with the food,
and this has a tendency to prevent
the growth Of bacteria and the oxi-
dalton Of food products, which usu-
ally causes rancidity.
Experiments indicate that such
use is entirely feasible. Orange
juice kept in sealed containers for
six months appeared to be as fresh
as in the original form.
mo experiments have been made
to determine whether heliun might
be used in the preservation Of meat,
but its utilization in this way is
called not improbable.
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$2Z[EEESSSm
| ANN|VER$ARYI
THE SUEZ CANAL
Nov. II.

.nN Uov. II, 1869, the suez canal
" the first great inter-oceanic
canal officially was opened after a
French company. under the leader
ship of the celebrated Ferdinand
de Lesseps, had worked on it for
ten years.
About. 100 miles long, the canal
connects the Mediterranean and
Red Sea. Until Introduction OF
steamships, traffic of the canal de-
ve1oped- slowly. But thereafter the
toll receipts rose annually.
When the Egyptian government
ran into financial difficulties over
the canal, England, under the
leadership of Disraeli, purchased
enough shares in it to become the
heaviest ozner. England, Incl
dentally, was first to propose the
Suez canal.
A very short time sufhced to
show that the canal was of the ut
most value as the passageway be-
tween England and her oriental
possessions.
Under the control Of British and
French capitalists the commercial
development Of the canal followed
unchecked until the World war. = :
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-17
Two Parties Remain

EOR 100 years we have proceeded
i on the assumption that the only
way to arrive at intelligent political
policies was through the open dis
cussion of opposing views, and
through organizations to sustain it.
Some day we may decide that the
one-party program is better, that
science could be substituted for de-
bate, and that what we really need
is investigation rather, than argu-
ment.
But that day is a long way of. We
still are welded to the idea Of two
attorneys for every law suit and OF
two crowds for every issue, and we
might as well admit it.
Emergencies have arisen and
probably will again, which seem to
obliterate this plan of action for
the moment. but they seldom last
very long and as yet they have
had no permanent effect.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-17
- u n CNN FREDERICK
NIL AOO4 d lands


GUCESS has everything in the world to do with the
- way the world receives you.
A little while ago the papers of Illinois were re-
ferrng to "Jay Ham" Lewis but now~it is Colonel
James Hamilton Lewis"
The former crown prince has joined the "steel
Helmets" of Germany, and if the organization ever
has any running to do it can rest assured that it
has an expert in the crowd.
Many German citizens are Sending petitions asking
the Reichstag to abolish its cafe so the statesmen
But if the members only drink enough they will
be rich enough to pay their country's debts and
never miss it.
TNT5Is incident reminds that there used to be a
house saloon and senate saloon in the Capitol
building at Washington, and these used to be filed
with gentlemen under the influence,
Statesmen before the Civil war would have been
unable to proceed without refreshments.
Which recalls the story Of the visitor who sat down
in senate barber chair and remarked to the barber
that many people said he looked like Daniel Webster
Wishing to- please the customer, the barber said
that he noticed the resemblance himself
Well" said the customer tell me-is it eyes
or my head2"
The barber hesitated for minute and said "It's
not the eyes and it's not your head"
Then what is it? persisted the customer
Its just the breath" replied the barber.
OK ushers of the Methodist church of Maiden
- Mass, whstled when they took up the collection
We don't know what they whistled, but we pre-
sumo it was 'WhatSshall the harvest bel"
Walter Huston, the actor who is playing the part
of abraham Lincoln in motion picture pay finds it
hard to get into shoes of the size the Emancpator
wore.
None Of our Presidents since Lincoln have had any
such trouble.
Moscow has 1000 beauty parIors, which proves
that while change in government may change the
the same.
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ERVANTS looking for crouquet
> mallets in an Irish castle have
come across a chest filed to the
brim with Boswell manuscripts and
letters.
All of which goes to show that
croquet must have been at a pretty
low ebb in that particular castle. ]
suggest to the proprietor OF the
estate that he peer into the bottom
of his golf bag in the hope OF ind
ing something written in the hand
Of Chaucer.
Treasures they must be, for Eng
lish- literature never has known an
other like James Boswell. He rode
into immortal fame by clinging
tightly to another's coat-tails.
If there had been no DR.. johnson
there would have been no Boswell
so far as the year 1880 is concerned
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D
articles by DR.. Morris Fishbein on nutri-
ton Of the child.
: BY DIR. MORRIS FTsHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
While the facts that have been
mentioned in previous articles in
this series relative to the appear
ance and development of the
normal infant are usually apparent
to any sensible father or mother
the average person is not able to
judge whether the contents of the
blood of the child are satisfactory
To make such determination, it is
necessary to examine the blood, a
technical process requiring special
apparatus. It yields, however, in
formation of the greatest I'M
portance in relationship to the
health of the child.
How important the blood actually
is for health and development OF
the child is Indicated by the fact
that the. total amount Of the blood
as well as the number of red cells
and red coloring matter in the blood
is higher at the time Of birth than
at any other period in life. -
A considerable destruction Of
excess blood occurs during the first
week or two Of life, and thereafter
the volume is maintained fairly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-17
Reed Not the Man

To Senator Aliens suggestion that President Hoo
yer. appoint Governor Clyde M. Reed of Kansas as
chairman Of the federal power commission the reply
should be s'No,"
Reed was defeated in the primaries this year and
Allen was defeated at the polls Nov. 4. The chair
nlanship OF the power commission not created as
a consolation prize for rejected politicians
Reed was Aliens secretary in 1919, when the lat
ter was Governor OF Kansas. He profted by this
connection and since has held several public offices
including the Craftsmanship of the Kansas public
utilities commission
Allen was publicity director of the Hoover cam
paign in 1928. That work done, was appointed to
the senate by his former epoye, Reed to serve the
unexpired term Of Curtis. Now both have been re-
pudiated at the polls.
Allen is not the man to name the chairmarship
OF the power commission Reed is not the man tc
be named.
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TTNHIS government was not found
z on the theory Of cooperation
or compromise in the modern sense.
The idea of arriving at an agree
ment, so much quarreling and con-
flict was tried and found wanting.
We began by choosing for presi-
dent the candidate who received the
largest number Of electoral votes,
and making the candidate who re-
ceived- the next largest number,
vice president. -
It didn't work, so we adopted the
tWo-party system. and that two
party system goes right down the
line, whether we can vote straight,
OF feel obliged to split the ticket.
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Immortal Kibitzer

TT was his job to sit around at
l. parties-often on the extreme
fringe-and jot and listen as Sam
uel Johnson roared down all oppo-
nents. At times Boswell chined in,
but for the most part nleekly, and
he never rose above the role Of
straight man.
Yet his distinction is glorious.
James. Boswell is the only kibitzer
whom the world ever has hon0red
with the tribute Of literary survival.
An this is inspiring. It shows
that there actually is an inheritance
for the loWly. Even the kibitzer Of
today may cheer himself with the
thought that if only he keeps his
thought that if only keeps his
mouth shut, good fortune perhaps
will drop fair rewards into his poor
lap.
But I am not altogether certain
that the honors paid by poster1ty
are always such as to make church
yard slumber peaceful.
Ambitions which once tortured me
have dwindled. There is distinct
satisfaction in feeling that when you
are done with the world, the world
is done with you.
The privacy of small, bright fishes
is rather more than that accorded
to the well-remembered dead.
Send for Laundry
r DO not know precisely what pa
/ pers Boswell crammed into the
croquet box one summer day, long
years ago. Perhaps these were docu-
ments by which he set some store.
But, then, again, he merely might
thave decided to thrust them away
until a damp, sharp night, when
they would serve for kindling.
Bills they may have been, or let
tiers of a sort which one regrets.
Some, no doubt, were idle scribbling
or addresses Of places where it was
possible to get a drink after hours
by saying that you were friend OF
Mr.. Duckworth. And. naturally, a
few telephone numbers. No-ezcuse
it, please-they had none then
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perishable record Of luncheons,
which you did not make and girls
you missed and tradesnen who were
justifably petulant.
Some single careless notation in
the rubbish heap Of a great mans
papers may be the pride and puzzle
ment of research men down through
the centuries.
The torn edge Of tIeater pro-
gram, and written on it Circle 1927
Alice" can be enough to start a
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IT SEEMS TO ME BY H BESSS

whole photography built upon some
dark lady of the sonnets" theory.
If there were my chance Of my
having a rendezvous with posterity
you may be sure I'd tremble and
keep the desk in better order. Lit
tie old last. years reminder to send
$13.27 to square a bridge debt could
come in time to seem a secret cipher
to the scholars.
And when dead 100 year, there
might readily grow up a vigorous
hypothesis that all articles signed
Haywood Broun" were in reality
written by Beatrice Fairfax.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-17

What is the value Of United
States 81 gold piece dated 1850, and
one dated 1910?
One dated 1850 Is cataloged at
$50 70 $3.50. There were no United
States 81 gold pieces coined IN 1870.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-17

Ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those OF
one Of Americas most inter-
esting writers and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude OF
this oaper.-The Editor.
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Hodge Podge

NEW, I think, would care much to
L picture antiquarians rummaging
around among the debris in the up
per right-hand drawer.
In SO many cases it holds the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-17

billion dollars year is being spent by the world fol
defense. continue by announcing that the United
States government has recognized the merit Of the
company's product and holds the right to buy and
use its guns. They add Certain foreign countries
now are seeking patent rights. It is expected
that the company will receive substantial amounts
in royalties from the granting Of Licenses to build
its guns"
The letters do not mention the troubled state Of
world affairs, but they follow closely upon recent
alarms They are in effect an invitation to the pub
lie to become financially interested in war.
For years men have been trying to devise ways OF
taking the profit out Of war as the most effective
start on march toward peace. This problem will
grow harder it is to involve the profits ofthousands
of pe1aons instead of hundreds.
Can some one not find a way to make us all in
vestors in profitable peace?
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What IS the fastest regular All

The Boardwalk Flyer, operated by
the Philadelphia & Reading rail
road, between Philadelphia and At
lantic city. The trip Of 56 miles is
made in 55 minutes.