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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-05
A Muscle Shoals Victory

The senate has passed. As to %, the Norris bill
for government operation of the plants at Muscle
Shoals In doing So the senate merely has reafrmed
It's vote of two years ago. when President Coolidge
killed the bill by pocket veto
The house should pass the bill quickly. There
is no reason why the house should change its opinion
of two years ago. Indeed there is every reason why
the house should wish to send the bill to the White
house as soon as possible.
For the lobby investigation has shown the country
what has been holding up this legislation so many
years. The investigation has shown also that
CIaudius H Huston, chairman of the Republican
national committee, the head of that lobby which
since has depended upon his party position to help
kill the bill.
So to the motives Of public service which should
actuae the house in prompt repaSsage of the Norris
bIli now is added selfish consideration. The house
is controlled to an unusual extent this session by that
same Republican national organization of which
Huston still is chairman
Under the circumstances, any attempt by the
G. o. P leaders in the house to defeat the bill, as
desired by Chairman Lobbyist Huston. would be al
most as fatal to their public reputation the recent
revelations have been TO Huston's reputation.
1t is a certainty that the Republican leaders are
going to unload Huston soon to save their neckS
in the coming campaign. But that won't help them
if they themselves have lined up with the interests
trying to grab Muscle Shoals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-05
How the Tariff Works

From the records of the federal trade commissions
investigation of the aluminium trust comes a timely
demonstration OF the effect of tariff rates on the cost
of living.
The Fordney- NdcCumber bill of 1922 increased i'm
port duties cents = pound on aluminium ngots, and
5h cents pound on aluminium sheets, bars and
plates These tariff increases became effective
Sept D. 1922.
I -Four days later. Sept. IS, the Aluminium Company
of America raised its price for aluminium ngots from
20 cents to % cents pound On Nov l. the price was
increased further to % cents pound. On Sept. &c.
Also quotations sheets, bars and plates were ad-
vanced. With a second advance on Nov. %, they
stood exactly cents pound over the quotations of
Sept d. Within sixty days of the tariff bills passage
the full tariff aluminium had been passed to the
consumer in increased prices.
During the calendar year 1921 the last year before
the tariff was enacted the United States exported
100000 pounds of Jaw aluminium products
The tariff ostensiby is to protect American indus
tries suffering from foreign competition.
What farce
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-05
REASON By Ff EzRbfs

TIME trainers of our federal Constitution hated
/ caste so they provided that title OF nobility
should be granted and they feared foreign influence
in the United States so they provided that mo person
holding any office of profit or trust under tnem Snal
without the consent of congress- accept Of any present
ernoument Office title of any king, prince or 1or-
eign state"
FOREIGN nations have conferred title on many
Americans France in particular being very generous in
this respect and Representative Garner OF Texas
that hereafter he Will oppose such congress
Sional consent
spirited resistance in congress in such matter
would expose us to the mputation of provincialism
abroad and cause loud laughter on the other side
THIS fear Of foreign influence in government
i was natural when the Constitution was adopted,
because we then were weak as a nation and we had
two very clearly defined factions one of which ia
vored close relations with England and the other
with France.
But while we are much closer to Europe than ever
before, our national strength is so great and our
hyphenaed Americans negligible, there is little
danger of our being undermined by the isolated &C
ceptance of such honorS.
If there is any danger of our being destroyed by
such a distribution of foreign distinctions then We
in bad way for the constitutional provision does
not apply to those Of us who are not holding office
under the United States and any foreign nation
that wants to capture all OF US can do SO If it has
enough ribbon to go around.
DROBABLY the most celebrated rumpus ever
L kicked up in this country this matter arose
when General Lew Wallace. minister to Turkey, babe
farewell to the sultan with whom he enjoyed I'M
rivaled popularity, and presented with very
fine painting.
Finally. however General Wallace was permitted
to receive the painting and it is now IN his inter-
eSting study at Charlottesville
Since there appears to be little peril in the thing
it does cruel to deny to frail Americans the
ecstasy which they derive from wearing foreign
bunting in their buttonholes. especially when they
wear their tuxedoS.
Personally feel that any fellow who has to
tuxedo entitled to anything that will relieve
his discomfort.
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tempted to circulate leaflets denouncng the contract
The court forbade the union men to do this any
thing else that would interfere with the business of
the mills
1t undoubtedly interferes with the business of the
Southern California Edison Company, for instance,
when newspapers and public officials and private ci-
zens make statements opposing any grant to the
pany of government power from Boulder dam.
The Edison Company feels it would be greatly to
the advantage of its business to get some of that
power. So if Judge Stewart in Pennsylvania can pro-
tect the Kraemer company by shutting off the people
of Nazareth from knowledge of the yellow dog con-
tract why not another judge protect the Southern
California Edison Company by shutting off protests
against its Boulder dam policy?
1t is unthinkable that this country should tolerate
suppression of free speech. Yet in Pennsylvania free
speech has been suppressed. If the United States
supreme court sustains the decree of Judge Stewart
we are embarked on course the end of which can
not be foreseen.
If Judge Parker should be on the supreme court
when that decision is made, what would be his at
titude?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-05

TINE other day watched the po-
4 lice in close pursuit of Commu-
nists who distributed handbills de-
claring that Grover Whalen, New
York's police commissioner, was the
leader of a CosSack band.
And now 1 wonder why the po-
licenen took such great offense at
this particular libel, since Whalen
himself seems to delight in one not
markedly diSSimilar.
New York, an innovator in many
things, is the first city, as far as I
know, to issue it's own police maya
zine written and edited entirely by
members of the force. Appropr1-
ately enough, it is called Spring
31O0." the departmental telephone
number. which has figured in a
score of popular melodramas known
throughout the country.
On the opening page there Is a
portrait of Grover Whalen, as
sketched by William Van Dresser.
Moreover, Van Dresser has returned
to the scene of the crime to pay a
brief tribute to his sitter.
The reader is informed (and I beg
to state that the lack Of capitals is
not my own idea, but that of Spring
300, which has gone pretty gen.
orally vogue-ish and vanity fairy {:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-05
Times Readers Voice Vices

Editor Times-It seems to me
that people are forgetting that the
good old United States is a free
country, and that, if married wom-
en- want to work it is their business,
and no one else's, but the whole
trouble today is too many people
want to dictate to the other fellow
what he should do.
I am not a married woman, who
is working, but I am employed in
an Office where there are married
women working, and in mosts cases
who do better job of what is as
signed to them than others, and
can't say that they dress any bet
ter, nor half as good as some of the
girls who are single, so the idea that
the work to wear fur coats, and fine
clothes is not true in all cases.
In one particular case, one of
these married girls who is working
supports her widowed mother, who
worked for years, having been left
a widow with three children I'M
der 5.
Is not far better for the daughter
in this case to work than the moth
er, who is nearing the age of 60?
Another instance where the wife is
working, the husband at the time
they were married was making SITS
a month, working for railroad
company, and has been reduced I'M
til he is now making $106 month.
At the time they married, they
purchased a home with what they
had saved. Should this woman be
made to quit work? What bank or
loan company would carry the
mortgage on their home when they
were not able to make the monthly
payment? None, but still Carroll
Collins would have all married
women be forced to quit work, not
knowing the individual means in
each case.
1t is pitiful to see the men in
front of the Ford plant every morn
ing, but 1 don't think the working
married womcn have in any way
caused this condition. In many
cases they are helping out at home
to keep may be a mother or father
Of either, cut Of a county institu-
ton, which is certainly a help to the
community and not hindrance,
and certainly gives pleasure to their
old mother and father who have
probably sacrificed a lot to give
them a chance in this world.
Before passing law about mar
ried women working, these women
should take everything into consid-
Grafton, however, 1t is every ones
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-05
HEALTH SERVICE
Acid SecretiOns Often Kill Germs

is much safer to eat food that has
been well cleaned, thoroughly cooked
and in other ways made fairly free
from harmful bacteria.
There seems to be plenty Of evil
dence that the intestineS may act
as route for infection. Germs
actually pass through the walls OF
the intestines and set up inf1amma-
tons. They are also taken up from
the intestineS and taken elsewhere
in the body.
tuberculosis In infancy has re-
suited from the taking of milk
heavily contaminated with tubercle
bacilli. For this reason tuberculin
tests of cattle are being enforced
as a nationwide practice.
Unquestionably this is of the
greatest Importance in protecting
the child from infection through the
intestinal tract.
Some germs which make their at
tack on the intestines particularly
are those of typhoid fever, cholera
and dysentery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-05
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

stomach Secretes acid material
which is of Importance in the diges-
ton of food, there would be far
more infection of the stomach and
intestines by germs that are swal-
lowed.
Fortunately the gastric juices
serve to protect against intestinal
infection. Germs do settle, how
ever on the wall of the stomach in
spots of lessened resistance and
ulcers form as result.
It is quite likely also that germs
brought by the blood to the
stomach localize in spots of weak
ened resistance and produce ulcers
in that way.
It is, of course, quite possible for
virulent germs to pass through the
stomach safely in the food which
has not been thoroughly penetrated
by the gastric juice or in the parts
where the gastric juice is not
profuse.
1t is not wise to depend too much
on the gastric juice for safety. 1t
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81 April 5

0N April 5, 1927, Joseph Lister
~ English surgeon and founder OF
antiseptic surgery, was born IN
London.
AS a young inferno at the Lon
don hospital, Lister was moved
deeply by the number of deaths from
gangrene and wondered why SO
many should Succumb after success
full operations.
Except that he had discovered
gangrene was caused by microbes,
Lister was at a loss what to do. But
Pasteur's great discovery that mi
crobes cause fermentation gave him
a clew.
Lister observed that the microbes
which caused gangrene could not
grow in the wound unless they had
been carried there. At first he
though they came from the air, so
he used carbolic acid on wounds to
exclude the air.
Finally he discovered that the mi
crobeS which did the most damage
were carried to the wound from the
hands, the clothing, the bandages
or the instruments used in the OPP
Grafton.
Thus he laid the foundation for
what is called "aseptic treatment, !"
that is, the use of antiseptics on
dressing applied to wounds and the
sterilizing Of sponges, gloves, ban
dages and instruments.
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TT SEEMS TO ME By HE EE023%

authority which fairly radiated from
the mantle finely formed head
with it's sleek black hair, massive
chin and piercing celtic eyes, the
muscular figure with its military
carriage, the polished, contained
bearing-all conveyed limitless ca
pacity and resource and the ire
SiStible power of law and govern
ment-i felt as if the whole strength
Of the new york machine of law and
order was present in the room.
land the black pajamas-they
seemed like a uniform symbolic of
grim duty and civil power-i thought
of black Hussars, great military
commanders-grover whalen is the
most inspiring subject have ever
drawn"
Oh, yeah d. . and maybe if Gro
YER Whalen would only look inside
the upper left-hand pocket of those
black pajamaS he might find that
here, at last, was the very spot in
which by chance he did mislay that
often promised and long-delayed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-05
Oldest Royal Family

CPEAKING of history, the en-
- press of Abyssinia, who just has
died, claims descent from Solomon
and the queen of Sheba.
If that is true, here probably is
the Oldest royal family in the world
that still occupies throne.
We think of AbysSinia, when we
think of it at all, as one OF those
newly discovered lands where sci
entists go to study primitive traits.
That is largely because AbySsinia
has been poor advertiser.
The country not only boasts an
ancient dynasty, but one of the old
est Christian sects in existence.
1t was an Abyssinian monk, &C
cording to legend, who discovered
coffee, and it certainly was from
Abyssinia that coffee was intro
duced, first to Turkey, and after
ward to the western world.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-05
Voyage

ON his first voyage, Captain Cook
" discovered and charted the east
coasts of Australia and New Zea-
land, returning home by way Of the
Torres straits between New Gui-
nea and Australia.
In July, 1772, Cook started on his
second voyage. His intention was
to survey Bouvet Land, which the
French explorer had discovered, and
to see if he could settle once for all
the size of the supposed Antarctic
continent.
On Dec. TO- Cook sighted ice and
proved that Bouvet Land was only
an island by sailing to latitude far
south of where it should have been.
On Jan. II, 1878, Cook sailed
across the Antarctic circle. This
was the first time it ever had been
crossed.
Cook next turned his course
northeast in the hopes of surveying
Kerguelen island, the discovery of
another French explorer. But he
had no better luck with this than
he had had with Bouvet Land.
So he turned south once more.
spending four weeks in latitude go
degrees. Then he proceeded on
March Is to New Zealand, as he
had made arrangements to do TO
meet another ship
He resumed his voyage some
months later, again sailing into the
Antarctic. On Jan. 30, 1774, he
reached latitude 70 degrees, where
his path was blocked by sea Of ice.
He continued his journey for an
other year, repeatedly sailing over
open water where the supposed huge
continent was supposed to be,
He discovered the large rocky is-
land of South Georgia, returning I'd
Capetown on March 81, IT'S.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-05
Not Right Sort

ON the back of Spring 300, the
" police magazine, saw a lay
out containing the pictures of six
young men in sports clothes. ]
turned to find which brand they
smoked, how far they walked, and
if all were happily free Of throat
Affections.
To my surprise, I learned, on
closer inspection, that these were
not prominent members of country
clubs, intent on any fragrance mid
as May. Instead I found, Wanted
for murder-Jack Zaroff."
Here was n touch somewhat dis
turbing in a magazine otherwise de-
voted to black pajamaS and similar
cultural themes.
Copyright. 1880. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-05
French

PROFESSOR GRIFFITH TAY-
L LOR of the University of Chi
cago divides the history of Antarctic
exploration into two main periods,
each of which he divides into two
more.
First there is the exploration Of
the Antarctic seas. This, he divides
into two periods, one from 1889 to
1774. The other from ITS to 1888.
Next there is the exploration Of the
continent itself. This he divides into
the period from 1879 to 1907 and
the period from 1907 to 1913.
In addition, of course, there is
the modern exploration, the work
done since 1918 eliminating in the
expedition of Admiral Byrd.
One of the chief results of the
early exploration Of the Antarctic
seas was to cut down bit by bit the
prevailing notions of the size of the
Antarctic continent.
The old Greek geographers had
said that there must be a large land
mass south of the equator to balance
IIle great lana mass OF Europe ana
Asia. This idea persisted for GEN.
turtles.
The French were the first to make
serious attempt to find out if this
southern continent really existed.
On New Years day, 1899, Bouvet
discovered new land 1,400 miles
south of Capetown.
Fog made it impossible for him to
tell if he had discovered an island
or continent, but he sailed for
about 400 miles along the edge of
the ice pack.
Captain James Cook, the famous
British explorer, did much i'm
portant work in mapping the south
ern hemisphere from It'll until his
death in Hawaii in 1779.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-05
Detroit.

Editor Times-Many articles have
been written about labor problems
in our country and some have con-
cerned our local community, but
here is an instance having to do
with the age limit advertised by our
business firms that rivals anything
which has appeared as yet. An ad-
vertisement appeared in the 1ndi-
annapolis News under date Of March
6, in the male help wanted columns,
asking Tor statesmen between ages
of "a and 35. 1t was inserted by
one of our largest ice and fuel COM
panies, owned and controlled by a
man who has been president Of,
and now is a director of the Indi-
annapolis Chamber Of Commerce.
What viii happen if men who are
guiding our citys destiny take a
stand Of this kind on the age limits?
venture to say this man is many
years past the 35-year-age limit,
and would be insulted if told he is
too old to conduct his business
properly, and should turn it over
to some one between the ages speci-
fed. He should be relieved of any
directing influence in our Chamber
Of Commerce or should broaden his
mind regarding the age at which a
man should get of the earth.
A READER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-05

Association and of HyGeia, the
Health Magazine.
IN addition to routes of infection
Il on the surface Of the human
body there are interior routes which
are of great Importance. All sorts
of things may be inhaled into the
lungs and there set up disease.
There seems to be evidence beyond
doubt that tuberculous germs may
be inhaled and in that way cause
tuberculosis, although it is also like
ly that the disease may come into
the body by way Of the intestines.
Miners and workers in dusty
trades not infreQuently inhale
matter which sets up an Initiative
reaction in the lungs and the germs
which are inhaled begin to grow
and develop in the spots that have
been weakened by irritation and by
inflammation.
Were it not for the fact that the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-05

ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those OK
one OF Americas most inter-
esting writer's and are pre-.
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paDer.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-05

DOCTOR JESSE H. HOLMES,
- professor of philosophy at
Swarthmore college, thinks that
God is suffering from fashioned
descriptive matter.
What can a generation unfamiliar
with sheep get out Of the verse.
THE Lord is my shepherd" he
wants to know, and why wouldn't
it be better to say, THE Lord is my
automobiles low gear to help me in
climbing hard hills" or, 1.-The Lord
is my antiseptic in times of danger
Gus epidemic" or, THE Lord is nv
dynamo to charge my rundown
batterieS?"
Maybe so, but even people I'M
familiar with sheep will continue to
think of shepherd as having more
soul than a crankshaft, or a bottle
of patent medicine.
Kupper Bier dies at 100, as the
result of shock caused by setting
his whiskers afire when he lit a
stogy.
The anti-tobacco crusaders should
be able to find a sermon in his I'M
happy fate.
If he hadn't been a smoker, he
might have lived to enjoy a ripe
old age.
Some people will say that he could
have accomplished the same end by
shaving, but that is to evade the
moral issue.
No matter what happens, we must
teach our boys and girls that those
who use the filthy weed are bourd
to die young.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-05
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

Important Differences ETist
IN Explorations Made IN
the Arctic and the Ant
arctic.
THERE is an essential difference
l. between Arctic and Antarctic
exploration which arises out OF the
difference of the surroundings IN
which the north and south poles
are situated.
1t is essential to keep this in mind
as a true understanding Of polar
research is not possible without 1t.
There is a tendency to think OF
the north frigid zone and the south
frigid zone as counterparts Of each
other. In many ways, Of course,
they are.
Extremely cold temperatures are
to be experienced at both places.
Both experience the long polar day
followed by the long night.
But the essential difference, which
affects the explorers most. is that
the north pole Is a mathematical
point in a sea of drifting ice, while
the south pole is mathematical
point on a continent. point at
considerable elevation on high
plateau, hemmed in by great noun
tain ranges.
A second important difference for
explorers is the ease of approach.
The Arctic ocean is reached fairly
easily by the explorers of Europe
and America.
The approach to the Antarctic
continent is In itself long and
difficult journey.
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solution of the Rothstein murder.
Anyway, what does a police COM
missioner want with black pajamas?
I thought the forces Of law and Or
der never slept.