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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-16

Cobb arriving in the city room of
the World, noting Chapin's absence,
learning of his illness and comment
ing "WelL I hope it's nothing
trivial"
But around Park Row the veter-
ans tell you there never was bet
ter or more. devoted newspaper man
than the Old Crab. The presence
of a woman editor might make it
necessary to alter the present social
code and tighten up the loose in
formalitieS of the Office.
Many an editor would consider it
a rank disoourtesy if the head of
the copy desk stepped across the
street to Jake's for little shorter
without asking him along.
And the stud poker game after
the last edition has gone to bed
more than one head man has sat
around trying to get a decent hole
card until way past dawn.
WIN woman editor editing what
is to become of these noble old insti-
buttons? 1t would never do, for
instance, to invite the lady to stick
around and take hand. That
would be risking all the rowdy fun
of the night. Being a newspaper
woman, it's a cinch' she'd accept.
Copyright. 1880. BY The Timesi
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Ontimism and Realism

- Secretary of Labor Davis just has given out
cheering message to Americans over the Columbia
broadcasting system. He said among other things:
mo one doubts for minute the courage ana tne
mental and material resources of this great country
of ours. That courage and those resources already
are swinging us back on the road to recovery ana
We are fortunate in having a President who setS a
shining example of that courage and initiative"
But in that reliable compilation, Facts for Work
erss for August we find disconcertng information
We fail to discover any convincing evidence that the
back swing to the road to recovery Is yet upon US
much as we might wish it to be.
Unemployment. good barometer, of business de-
preston is growing steadily in spite of the fact that
these last months usually the boom time OF the
wear AS compared with the same months IN 1929,
the employment in manufacturing industries was on
5 per cent in january, Z per cent in February per
cent in March, 10 per cent in April II per cent IN
May and, 10 per cent in June ez
The picture drawn from the railroads is hardly
more cheerful AS compared with the same months
in 1929 employment on class railroads was of 81
per cent in January SO per cent in February, per
cent in March and SO per cent in April. Gross OPP
Grating revenue of these railroads were of IA per
cent in May as compared with May. 1929
We do not praise the calamity bowler Hope and
optimism are helpful in any bad situation. But we
must not put faith in that professional optimism
which blinds us 20 the obstacles to be overcome. If
we do our hope likely to be deferred and our hearts
made sick.
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Motions

CONCERNING the motions of
~ Pluto, DR.. Macmillan states that
in 1900, when it was closest to the
earth, it was twenty-one aStronomi-
cal units away. rs< es
An astronomical unit is the dis
tance from here to the sun, 93,0o0,-
900 miles. Pluto's distance in 1900,
therefore, was 1883 100000 miles.
At present, it is. forty-one as
Economical units away. This is, a
distance Of 1913, 900 900 miles. ' u. !.
Dr.. Macmillan continues:
Though no attention was direct
ed to it in 1900, it was much bright
er then, they pointed out, roughly
of the twelfth magnitude. 1t was
not 'trans-Neptunian' body, but
passed close to the path of Uranus.
"T11is huge f1attened orbit, &C
cording to which Pluto has been
on its way here since 306 A. D.,
when Rome was lin its glory, prob
ably means that this wandering
traveller is a comet.
'eIt is certainly not one of the
steady little family of the eight
known planets. AS comet, how
ever, its closest approach to. the sun
is farther out than the perihelion,
or closest approach of any comet,
vet recorded s,
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SCIENCE
BY DAVID. .DIEIZ---s
Pluto, Recently DISCOVERED
Heavenly Body, Declared
to Be Comet, Not Planet.
by DAVID DTETZ

DLANET K, recently named Pluto,
l. is not planet at all, but 9
comet. in the opinion Of DR.. VIII
liam. D. Macmillan, professor Of
mathematical astronomy at the
University of Chicago.
( Pluto has been the center of a
battle ever since its discovery
Many astronomers felt that it was
some sort of conet-like body and
not really planet, like the other
planets in the solar system.
Professor E. w. Brown, one Of the
worlds greatest authorities on plan
etary motions, expressed the opin-
ion that Pluto was not the trans
Neptunian planet whose existence
had been predicted by the late Pro-
fessor Percival Lowell.
However, DR.. v. M. Slipher, d.
rector of the Lowell Observatory at
Flagstaff, Ariz., where the new
planet was discovered, says this
remarkable trans Neptunian plan
ietary body has been found as di-
rect result Of LowellS work, PLAN
ming and convictions, and there APP
pears present justification for re-
ferring to it IS his Planet ks
The Lowell astronomers express
the belief that Pluto may be about
as large as the planet Mars, that is,
about half the size of the earth.
Dr.. Macmillan, however, believes
that Pluto may be one o. a hither-
to undiscovered distant and popu-
lous family of comets.
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Where's the Glory?

n DON'T know how Mrs. Patterson
L handled this phase of the story
in her newspaper. The chances are
she gave it the play it rated. A
good editor doesn't let his prejudices
influence the news value of story.
Twas it Greeley or McFadden who
said that?) +.
But just the same if Old Constant
Reader clipped the story out and
mailed it to Mrs. Patterson, together
with her peremptory ideas of the
docility Of the male animal and de-
manded to know ''how she got that
way?" she need not have been sur
prised, or offended.
Certainly it would appear that
here and there in the land there are
at least a few rare specimens of the
pantalooned breed who do a little
bossing themselves.
I think perhaps it is true that a
large percentage Of the brother
EIks of the nation are bossed by
women without knowing it.
In such circumstances it is a ques-
ton whether the gentlemen should
plead guilty of innate dumbness or
the woman should make adequate
atonement for shameless cunning.
Are the sinister wiies of a Cleo
patra to be morally esteemed over
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BY JOE WILLIAMS

ELEANOR MEDILL PATTERSON
- is editor of the Washington Her
aid. Most of her staff writer's are
men. Some one wrote in and asked
how she proposed to boss room
full Of males.
And she answered in her news
paper that she could foreSee no diff
ficuties, because "men always have
been bossed by women, although
most of the time they don't know
it,"
On or about the same hour that
Mrs. Patterson was admitting that
the female is the more dominant Of
the species, telegram was received
at the local Office of the United
States Lawn Tennis Association, an
nouncing the astonishing news that
Helen Wills would not defend her
championship at Forest Hills next
week.
It was signed by Frederick j..
Moody Jr, who happens to be the
tennis stars husband.
This was the first intimation any
one had that the champion was not
coming east. A few weeks ago when
she returned from Wimbledon she
expressed most enthusiastic in
tention to compete in the tourna-
ment, as is her annual custom. She
was going. to hop out to California
to see her husband and then come
right back.
Well, it develops that she isn't.
She's going to stay right at home,
and forget about tennis for while.
And who says so? Mr.. Moody him
self, and he's only the husband.
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%%ZZIfSS
!s1 TkaeE.1
ANNIVERSARY
.4 J;
BATTLE OF BENNINGTON
Aug. 16

Aug. 16
ON Aug. Is, TIT, one of the most
~ significant battles of the Revo-
luton took place when force cof
New Hampshire militia under Gen.
John Stark defeated a. combined
force. of Hessians, British Loyalists
and Indians, at Bennington, VT.
They were sent to Bennington by
General John Burgoyne to capture
the depot of supplies, which the
Americans were reported to have
there. AS the invaders were utterly
ignorant of the country, as well as
of the Revolutionists' methods OF
warfare, they were easily trapped,
surrounded, and captured.
OF a force of about 1000, more
than 200 were killed and wounded,
20 returned to Burgoyne and the
rest taken prisoners. The American
loss was IL killed and AZ wounded.
Washington called this victory a
great stroke" because it prevented
Btlrgoyne from getting the supplies
he sorely needed and cut of all COM
munication between him and the
garrison he left at Ticonderoga.
Further, it resulted in the deser-
ton of a large body of Indians and
Canadians, while it greatly strength
ened the Americans, particularly by
causing the enlistment of large
bodies of militia for service under
General Gates.
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determine two phases of the blood
pressure, while the heart is con-
tracted and while the heart is
relaxed.
| At first every one was concerned
largely with the question of high
blood pressure, but now it is recog-
nized that high or low blood pres
sure may be of importance to the
health of the body.
! Life insurance companies particu-
larly have given consideration to
this question. Today the determine
ton as to life expectancy of an in
dividual may rest largely on an
exact determination of his blood
pressure.
The majority of medical directors
of insurance companies are inclined
to think that pressure somewhat
below the average prediyposes the
individual to increased longevity.
1t is also obvious that pressure be-
yond the average is serious.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE /.
-
How Blood Pressure Works

vessels will raise the blood pres
sure. If the blood vessels become
hardened by arterioscleroSiS, the
blood pressure increases. ~
If the blood vessels are construct
ed by the use of certain drugs or by
the action of the nervous system,
the blood pressure increases.
The amount of blood pressure can
be measured by numerous devices,
including the method usually seen
of putting a cuff around the arm,
Initiating it with air and reading
the amount of pressure on a mer-
curry column or on a spring device.
Recently machine has been de-
veloped that will record with a
moving finger on a moving screen
the variations in the blood pressure
over a certain period.
BY listening with his stethoscope
while the blood pressure is being
measured, the physician is able to
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Orbit

.DR. MACMILLAN came to his
II conclusion after. drawing the
orbit of Pluto on the basis Of the
Lowell calculations, and then calcu-
lating the number of years it took
the planet to go around its orbit.
Declaring that the three positions
Of the orbit SO far recorded by the
Flagstaff observers were still insult
ficient to insure accuracy, he de-
scribed the orbit as an extremely
elongated eclipse. =s-
He interpreted the diagram to
mean that Pluto isnot a planet, but
an unusual type of comet.
According to the tentative orbit
sketched by DR.. Macmillan and DR..
Walter Bartky, Pluto will pass be-
yond vision in a few years and will
not return until the century 5000
A. D.
Such is the extent of its journey
that it will not reach its aphelion,
the point of it's orbit farthest from
the sun, until 1895 A. D., when it
will start falling back.
On its present trip its closest APP
proach to sun and earth occurred
in 1900. On its next trip its peri
helion will occur in 5000. X
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Id COM ~, FREDERICK
NGE AOO1N Lands

MOB law is not lovely thing under any cirrum-
WI stances but it is likely to be invoked anywhere
when a certain crime is committed, the crime which
explodes the community as conclusion explodes dy-
Mantle F.. u.
This lynching at Nrarion might just as we'll have
occurred in your tow the only difference being that
the crime was not committed in your community. s
There isn't better town in America than Marion;
there isn't better class of people so what occurred
there would have occurred anywhere else under the
same circumstances. I'll Is
THoR months Indiana has known these crimes in
Il which motorists were held UP and women OUT
ragged and of course until such beasts be they black,
white blue or pink, wiped out, there will be little
public concern as to the methods employed.
When you're facing rattlesnakes you grab the
first club you see.
Lyachings are dsplorabIe, but another thing is
still more deplorablethe decline of the faith people
once had in their courts. ~.
The people know that if they want the death pen
atty administered they have to take it into their own
hands, for our courts utterly have failed to function
Mobs seldom think; they feel but if this Marion
mob INDUCED in the luxury Of just one meditation it
was that the court would not handle the offenders
as they deserved to be handled; the mob knew that
the guilty would be sent to the penitentiary and that
in eight or nine wears some puddn headed Governor
would let them out. ~
VERY community KNOWS us court Is d 4dl4ulS IL
T. recalls many murders that have not been pun
ished adequately and many that have not been pun
ished at all
Every citizen recall score of men who earned
the electric chair, but who now walk the streets
y Is
The mob spirit can not be eradicated, but it can
be restrained by law enforcement and it is time to
start in this direction by the elimination Of techni-
caties -and delays, by the selection of competent
prosecuting attorneys instead of inefficient beginners
and by the selection of juries that have enough
nerve to do their duty. -
f-s-
We do not mean that perfect law enforcement
would make lynchings impossible But we do mean
that with our rising tide of crime our judicial ma
chinery must be made efficient. or lynchngs will be-
some our most popular outdoor sportF
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/. Likes 10 Strut
TyHE HOLY ALLIANCE, org

TINE HOLY ALLIANCE, organ
4 lied not only to restore mon
arohys but to help Spain re-es-
tabhsh her sway in Latin America,
and which brought the Monroe doc
trine into being, has gone the way
Of all flesh.
Even if it hadn't, Latin America
has grown sufficiently strong to
make conquest by any European
nation, or group of nations, most
doubtful venture.
But Uncle Sam likes to play the
part Of the defender of democracy"
especially since it gives him an ex-
cuse from meddling now and then.
Not that he admits as much OPEN
ly, but that he finds it possible to
fool his own people and some out
siders by continually referring to
the glorious thing he did when a
boy,
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That Was a Century Ago

A LOT Of things were held in
"A high esteem 100 years ago that
we fail to take seriously now.
The Monroe Doctrine belongs to
the oX-cart era, and we probably
would admit as much but for all
the advertising.
About the hardest thing to break
away from is faith in some politi-
cal move which proved worth while
at one time or another
Because of the way politicians
glorify it, and textbooks present it,
we get to think of it as an immut-
able principle, as a corner stone OF
national existence, as something
which could not be changed with
out jeopardizing the whole struc-
ture.
Though the Monroe doctrine OBJ
viously was conceived as a tempo
rary n1aneuver to meet a temporary
situation, we have grown TO regard
it as a basic announcement which
forms an essential part of our po-
litical system.
AS matter of fact, we find it
rather difficult to imagine the
United States without a Monroe
Doctrine, and, having gone that far,
cease to think. r.
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M. E. Tracy
The Monroe Doctrine 70 a
Leftover From a Dead and
Bygone Day.

ice chilean newspaper Mercuril

THE Chilean newspaper Mercurio
4 says that the Monroe doctrine
has become obsolete. that the
circumstances of It's origin no longer
exist, ana that it is doing more
harm than good.
Nest Americans will disagree With
this view, but largely as a matter Of
sentiment.
The Monroe doctrine has become
one of our sacred traditions. We are
so sure of its righteousness that we
spend little time studying the why's
and wherefores of its adoption.
much less the why's and wherefores
of its continuance.
The fact that history records it as
a noble gesture in behalf Of the
comparatively weak and helpless
Latin American republics more than
100 years ago is quite enough to
satisfy our pride.
Besides, We like the role of "Big
Brother" which the Monroe doctrine
conferred on us.
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Tricky Sex

NNE criticism against the vaunt-
~ ed tyranny of the high French
heel is that it doesn't squash the
males it ought to-
There would be some sense in
wifely domination that could keep
a f1agpole sitter on the ground, an
endurance f1ier out of the sky and
a rubber ball bouncer out of Nj
agara falls. ~
Maybe it is true as Mrs. Patter-
son says that men always have been
bossed by women, only they don't
know it. Well as long as they don't
know it there will be no serious
hackfire or protest.
The assertive male boss will begin
to roar once the women begin to
wear their sovereignty on their hem
line. Pride has made more cham
pions than all the Jimmy De For
ests in the country.
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g ioso King Fszlus Syndicate Ink Great Britain r1As ,ss.s4

supervision of a regularly convened
athletic committee at the Phoenix
Cafe in Sofia, Bulgaria. An official
bulletin announced that the cham
pion's physical condition remained
excellent.
Sieginund Klein Lifted $50 Pounds
Five. Times in Though
Klein's body weight is but 148
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ines Readers
Voice Vie1cS

Editor Times-If our city indus
tries would hire resident labor in
stead of hiring farmers from other
cities than indianapolis, laborers
would have plenty of work. If they
want to live in other cities, let them
labor there and not rob Indianapolis
residents of their money and work.
1 think those who live in Indian
apolis. help to build it up. and spend
all their money here ought to be
protected by the city of Indian
apolis.
A TIMES READER.
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Following is the explanation of
Ripley's Believe 1t or Not" which
appeared in Fridays Times:
George Tzanoff Smoked IA
Cigarets in fourteen hours-George
Tzenoff, who established a new
record for continuous cigaret Smok-
ing, performed this feat under
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TT SEEMS. TO ME BY HE REg22S

the laundering faith of an Antony?
Don't tell me-let me guess.
Anybody can be a boss. All it
takes is strong executive chin and
couple of yards of f1inty resolu-
ton. These attributes aren't COM
mon. A lot of men have them. I've
always thought a woman without
them would appear more lovely.
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Questions and
Il
AnSzCe7.S

How many games did the Phila-
feIphia American baseball team play
against the New York Yankees in
1929? How many did they win?
Out of twenty-five games played
against the New York Yankees last
season, the Philadelphia Athletics
won fourteen and lost eight.
What is caviar and how is it
served?
1t is the roe of sturgeon and is
served on crackers or toast, or In
small glasses set in cracked ice.
Are the Philippine Islands nearer
to Japan than to the United States?
They are nearer to Japan. 1t is
7,164 miles by boat from Manila.
P. 1. to San Francisco, and only
2,O2S. miles from Manila to Yoko-
hama. -,
How old is Paul Whitenian?
- IL
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Just Butting In
TINE Latin-American republics

THE Latin-American republics
i having arrived at a state Of
considerable strength and prosper
ity, feeling that they are able to
stand on their own feet, and enjoy
ing no pride Of authorship in the
Monroe doctrine, look upon it in a
little different light.
To them it has become patron
izing instead of a protective meas
ure, an excuse for butting into their
affairs, instead of promise to help.
Who plays the role Of Anita, the,
gypsy girl, in THE CuckOos?"
Dorothy Lee. 49,
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ONLY a Relic

TIME Monroe doctrine is the left
Il over of dead and bygone day.
From an international standpoint,
we do not live in the world of 1925,
when the United States still was
regarded as a doubtful experiment,
and the Latin American republics
we're looked upon as crowd Of de-
linquent children who deserved
nothing so much as a sound thrash
ing.
What three kings could make a
stir in the world these days by COM
bring to do anything?
One hundred years ago it was a
different story. Kingcraft was a
respectable business, and not only
respectable, but strong, wb . the
apostles of democracy were regard
ed in about the same light that we
hold Communists.
Not only that, but there wasn't
Latin American country capable
of withstanding one good division
Of European troops.
Even excluding the role played by
England in getting Adams to pro-
mitigate the Monroe doctrine for
her own benefit, it represented the
Monroe doctrine for her own bene-
fit, it represented a rather neat
method Of soaring the wolves away
from our door as we'll as from that
Of neighbors, vino would have fallen
an easy prey to the hungry pack.
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Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one Of Americas most inter-
esting writer's and. are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
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BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal of the American Medical
Association, and of Hygeia,. the Health
y i5f;5 Magazine.


XKTHEN a volume of fluid is
w forced through tube, the
pressure of the fluid in the tube
varies according to the amount of
pressure behind the fluid, and the
size of tube.
:. The pressure varies also according
to the ability of the tube to stretch.
If the pressure behind the fluid is
lessened temporarily, the pressure
in the tube is lesSened.
If the tube is rigid, the amount
of pressure will increase over that
of tube which can relax. These
are some of the considerations
which govern blood pressure.
An increase in the amount of
blood flowing through the blood
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A Woman Editor

COMEHOW woman editor
- doesn't seem to fit in with the
merry-hell traditions of the bust
ness. This is post for Chaplin,
with feverish restless imagination,
a rasping manner, and an idoltayr
for inky headlines.
1t is still easy to picture Mr.. Irwin
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pounds, he can lift $50 pounds above
his head, five successive times, two
arm jerk. This, and many other
phenomenal feats of strength were
performed in the presence. of many
physical culturists in Klein's studio,
TIT Seventh avenue, New York City.
Monday-The Baked Bean Addict.
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North Carolina State college is holding summer
school for janitors. It Isl said they're often given
permission in class to take the floor Sd
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Those states which have had population totals
clipped off in the revised tabulation have one
consolation-it may mean fewer congressman