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The Washington times., 1931-05-26
Oil Men to Discuss
Trade Standards

A 100000 committee meeting
will be held at Dallas, Tex, June
3 in connection with the first
midyear meeting of the American
Petroleum Institutes division Of
production June and 4 in the
Baker Hotel.
It will be that of the divisions
central committee on standard
ization, which will hold a joint
session with the division of pro.
duction general committee to ap-
prove Standardization reports.
The Washington times., 1931-05-26

13x IN zonte Prod....... 1l1 III 1Ea-
Dividend symbOlsa extra; b. dividend in stock: sHS
n stock; d. scrip: "ex-dvidsnd: tex-rightA 0
Dividend rate in dollars in parentheses.
and low prices carried to previous co0a
SEx-dividend. tEx~RiRhtA
The Washington times., 1931-05-26
CALIFORNIA DRILLING

During the week ended May 10,
notices to drill 10 wells were filed
with r. D. Bush, California oil
and gas supervisor, as compared
with IS in the previous week,
bringing total to date to lat, as
against 391 in the corresponding
1890 period.
The Washington times., 1931-05-26
TEXAS OIL LAW

Gov. Ross Sterling will cali o
special session in about 20 days,
to enact an oil proration law
and to consider other matters.
The Washington times., 1931-05-26
MisceIIaneous Stocks

7
Barber Ross Inc Corp. 1OhI 13
Col Medical Bldg Corp..... 95 .....
Col Sand Grav pfd. ....... 90 "a
Dist Natl Sec pfd. .......... IS rs
Emer Bromo-Selz "A' .... 20 80
Federal Storage pfd. 11O 1SO
Fed-Am Co com ....o.s.... 21h "a
Fed-Am Co pfd .......... 80 100
"Lanston Monotype ........ 80 95
Mer Tr & Stge com. ...ss... 81 100
Mer Tr G. Stge pfd. SO IS
Mergenthaler Limo ........ 7SA 1914
Natl Mtge & Inv pfd. ...... ~
Peoples Drug pfd. ...ss.. 100 l10Sh
Real Est NJ & G pfd. 6hI
Security Storage ........... 104 113
Ter Ref VIII Corp. 40 SO
cThe Carpet Corp .......... 19A 24h
w Mech Mtge m........ Sh ..s..
Wash Med Bldg Corp 7s. 95 zee.
Woodward e. Lothrop com. IS zee.
Woodward & Lothrop pfd. los u zee.
CSC cents extra.
dividend
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-22
Three Constructive Ideas

Three Governors have proposed three different
methods, within the last few days, of meeting the
power problem which forces itself upon our atten-
ton with growing insistence
Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania is going to try
to check attack which aims to substitute govern
ment by the public utilities for government by the
people by aboshing the Pennsylvania public service
commission and establishing fair rate board, in
stead, to regulate utility rates.
He is going to try the novel plan Of letting the
people elect this fair rate board and he is going to
give it new powers to make it the defender OF the
people against high rates and poor service.
{ Governor Roosevelt of New York is trying to Sc
cure governmental authority to enter into contracts
with private owners of power transmission lines
which will control the selling price of power to con-
sumers He wants an alternative authority to con-
struct government transmission lines If companies
are not willing to make, reasonable contracts.
In Wisconsin, Governor Philip La Toilette just
has proposed to his legislature creation of state
wide publicly owned power system to compete with
states regulatory laws to meet changed conditions
in the power industry.
1t is one of the advantages of our federal form
of government that states try different ways of
dealing with problem before We commit the whole
nation to any of them.
tainy should be given trial, will teach us things
we need to know about power and the public and
private interest affected by it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-22
TT CEENTO tn MI Nv HAYWOOD
Il OLA1N1O ~ 4V1L oA BROUN

already much higher than any Wis
ible audience can afford to furnish,
and the artists themselves are be-
coming converted rapidly to the new
medium.
They can not but applaud an age
in which no violinist ever will have
to look up the train connections be-
tween Bay City and Sandusky.
But when the day comes and I
seem to hear it's footfalls-in which
all music originates in one or two
central studios, the test of a fine,
voice will not be quite the same.
Even the radio people are not yet
completely aware Of what has hap
pened. I am referring to the fact
that for the purpose of broadcasting
it makes no difference at all whether
voice is big or small.
In times past many a frank and
honest teacher has been compelled
to say to an aspirant: "Your voice
has a lovely quality and you're
fine musician, but it is quite useless
for you to study for grand opera.
You simply couldn't make yourself
heard"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-22
Motion Pictures

NTHER studies planned by the
~ council include one Of artificial
illumination and another of the
printed page.
Particular attention viii be given
to the motion picture industry in sn
effort to determine the character Of
screen pictures that may be harm
full to the eyes" Dougherty says.
I'm the automotive field the coun-
Gil plans to institute an inquiry into
the laws and regulations governing
the licensing of motor vehicles driv-
ers.
when the work of the council
has become well established inahis
country, there should be no reason
why it should not be recognized
abroad, since its aims and purposes
are fundamentally humanitarian
and universal.
1--WE hope to build the council
into universal organization whoseS
memorial will be its continuous and
unremitting services to humanity"
The council has based its plans
on a research report covering the
entire problem of sight conserva-
ton in the United States.
This report estimates that there
are 10000 totally blind persons in
this country.
The number with defective vision
accurately can not be computed
though 1t is held to run into many
millions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-22
The Supreme Imnosture

Any one who has devoted some years to the tech
nical study of diplomatic history not staggered by
any example Of presumption, arrogance, imposture,
and hypocrisy. But if there is any example of
colossal presumption in all history equal to the one
reported in the current press it has escaped our
notice.
We refer to the report that the representatives
of France, England Belgium, Italy and Japan are
preparing to publish to the world the sins of Ger
many relative to failure to disar They allege that
in some minor respects she literally has not executed
the commands and agreements forced upon her.
The German army is limited by the treaty of Yer
Sallles to 100000 men. Further this is standing
army, so there can be no steady crop of reserves
trained and turned back to await war. Germany's
neighbors-even some unimportant ones-have armies
several times the size of the German Further these
draft armies which train large numbers of re-
serves annually.
1t has been estimated moderately that the armies
and reserves of France and her allies ounumber the
armed forces of Germany and her allies by more
than forty to one. No such disparity in military
strength has been known in European history since
the days of the Roman empire.
Napoleon, at the supreme pinnacle of his success,
never enjoyed such preponderant power. Moreover
after twelve years of hypocritical pretense and
promise, the enemies of Germany have taken no sig
nifcant steps toward disarmament.
The present gesture is not unlike the idea of
man guilty Of multiple murder and felonious arson
chasing down cop, waving his bloody hands, to
complain about another man who is selling peanuts
without license No sensible person wants a larger
German army, but it is in order to inform the critics
Of Germany that they may well begin by cleaning
up their own premises
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-22
The Real Issue

Two issues have been presented to the public by
the Wickersham report.
One is modification Of the eighteenth amendment
as recommended by the commission in 7-to-4 vote.
The other is the issue Of trickery involved in the
summary Of the report which contradcts both the
report and the individual signed statements OF the
eleven commissioners.
At the moment the country is so shocked by this
second issue of official trickery that people hardy
can think about the first issue. There are demands
that the source of this trickery be exposed. There
are reports that the President is involved directly
Whether the President Is responsible, directly or
indirectly for the dishonest summary issued by the
commission, we do not know. But do know that
throughout the life of the commission there have
been repeated evidences of political pressure upon 1t
in the direction of Hoover's dry policy. And we DO
know that Hoovers message to congress- transmitting
the report failed utterly to emphasize the true nature
of the report.
His message left the inference that the report IA
vored continuance of the status whereas in fact
the report showed Tod in favor Of immediate revision
Not one of the commissioners took the Hoover posi-
ton.
We share the feeling which to be growing
In public opinion that the deception involved in the
commissions summary contrasted with the report
itself is a national disgrace and humiliation
Wnle the whole truCh regarding Une SouICe VI UllAS
trickery should be uncovered it is important to keep
the emphasis on the modification report itself That
report k the result of twenty months of hearings and
research by distinguished commission, aided by tech
nicsl experts and it's conclusion that prohibition is
unenforceable and should be changed must not be
obscured by the other controversy.
Congress appropriated half million dollars for
this study to be made and effort has been made to
delay discussion and legislation until the final re-
port was completed the report is in. 1t recon-
mends change The President refuses to accept the
recommendation of his commission. What is
congress going to do about it?
That is the main issue. Will congress and the
country put into effect the modifying amendment
urged by the commission under which congress could
legalize and regulate the liquor traffic?
We believe that nothing the President and other
extreme drys may do long delay public decision
the prohibition question.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-22
. q n COM NV FREDERICK
ANA%A ANIL Lands

THE automobile season is starting off very briSkly
l. up in Michigan. leading motorist of Grand
Rapids stole his brother-in-laws wooden leg and
traded it for a dollars worth of gas.
That wasn't much mileage to get for a wooden Leg
but you must remember that the filling station fellow
will have to hold it until he finds customer
You just can't go out and sell wooden leg to
everybody that comes along.
Secretary Stimson laid himself open to hot come
back the other day when he sat down and pumped up
his indignation because Liberia still practices slavery
and sent several of his best heat units the African
country via the mails.
That is he laid himself open, If any of the Ii
berianS read Of what occurred down at Marysvine,
Mo-, this week.
1t all goes to show that country should get gay
and to call some other country down. for right
in the midst of the selfrigheousness the old skele-
tons are like as not to stage a cakewalk
And this goes for folks well nations.
It's fine to read that the Chinese bandits have re-
leased these fourteen missionaries who have been in
captivity for months
Now We ought to bring these missionaries back to
the United States where there's greater field for
them than anywhere else.
There's been aSlot of talk to the effect that the
majority of the eX-Servce men do not want to have
the government cash their service certificates but the
point is that if any Of them want the cash they should
get it now.
A FTER man lives in a front line trench, in the
midst of the hell Of war, all for the grand total
of thirty dollars month, should say he should not
have to wait ten fifteen years for what his country
agrees is due him.
Some left their chins and says the boys would run
wild and blow the CON- but, as before stated it's
theirs.
But the majority would LOOK. at it long time be-
fore throwing it to the brides for it didn't come easy
mot by long shot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-22
Psoriasis Is Puzzling Skin Disease

foods tend more than others to be
associated with eruption on the
skin, and many persons with psori-
asis have been improved by avoid
ing shell foods, Strawberries, red
meats, coffee, tea and alcohol.
The fact that some cases clear up
spontaneously has made it possible
for quacks of all types to announce
that they have specific cures.
Many persons with psoriasis seem
to improve when exposed to ultra
violet rays, whereas others seem to
get worse and far more fan to re-
spond in any way whatever
1t is probably best for the person
afflicted with this condition to con-
suit p specialist in diseases of the
skin at fairly frequent intervals, SO
that progress of the condition may
be watch I'd, and proper methods of
treatment applied as needed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-22
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

Occasionally cases clear up spon-
taneously, but again they recur, be-
coming more and more severe.
Specialists in skin diseases classify
various types of eruption, depend
ing on the nature of the eruption
itself and on the extent and man
ner of spread.
The experience of a few special
lists with various methods of treat
ment is an indication of the fact
that no single treatment is efficient
in all classes.
It generally is agreed, however,
by practically all investigators of
this disease, that removal of the
scales by frequent hot baths and
application of suitable remedies
tends to keep the skin in fairly good
condition.
It is well known that certain
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-22
Smaller and Better

A ND for the most part the great
"A and glamorous ones of song
have been performers who could
blow the man down even though he
sat in the second balcony. But now
it no longer will be necessary to rule
any one out because his voice is
light.
I leave it to technicians to decide
whether any such radical change in
the requirements will be good or
bad for artistic endeavor.
I'm for it. Too often have I sat
in concert halls and listened to a
singer torture himself and his audi
ence by forcing tones to fill a hall.
Much has been said about the
mechanization of music and Of the
manner in which this development
degrades an art. But there Is some
thing to be said on the other side.
I will not agree that traditional
methods of presentation all tended
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-22
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BYRONS BIRTH

BYRON'S BIRTH
January 20
NN Jan. %, 1888, Lord Byron, one
~ Of the greatest Of English
poets, was born in London.
Two years after he entered Trim
ity college, Cambridge, he issued his
first volume of verse, 'Hours Of Idle
ness" It was fiercely criticised, but
instead of discouraging him this
melted him to continue with his
poetry.
Following his return from a trip
on the continent. Byron published
the first part Of his Cf1ilde Harold,
which met with immediate success.
A few years later he produced Don
Juan, his masterpiece.
In the summer of 1928 Byron
sailed for Greece, to aid with his
influence and money in that coun-
try's struggle for independence.
There he found nothing but con-
fusion and contending chiefs, but
in three months he succeeded in
evoking some kind Of order out of
chaos.
His health. however, began to fail,
and he died from exposure and fever
on April 10. 1924.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-22

THE prince of Wales has started
4 on the first leg of his journey
to South America, where he is to
act as a sort of super salesman for
the British Empire.
According to the newspaper ac-
counts, the prince has spent much
time studying Spanish and in &C
quainting himself with the business
conditions of the various countries
he expects to visit.
No mention is made of more i'm
portant things. I trust that the
young mans advisers have not
neglected the most important part of
his equipment.
Surely this regal salesman will
not attempt the trip without first
providing himself with a new one
about a travelling man and farm
house, or, at the very least, snatch
of dialogue between those old stand
bys, Pat and Mike.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-22
Understanding Hoover

The spirit of suppression seems alive in the home
land OF the Cradle of Liberty. Good literature Of
a modernistic vintage is for the most part under
the ban in Boston. Thus far the motive has been
primarily an exaggerated of moral purity.
Now a howl for suppression springs from an out
ragged sense of civic devotion and dynastc loyalty.
The Massachusetts, Federation of Patriotic So
cieties and Good Government Clubs demand the i'm
mediate suppression of John Knox's realistic study
of the pre-political career of Herbert Hoover. The
book is entitled 1.-THE Great Mistake" and is pub
ushed bv the National Foundation Press in Wash
ington
1t may not have been subsidized by the Demo-
Gratis but II is safe to assert that the Democratic
party feels no pangs of over the appearance
of the book. These custodians of public safety in
the Goldfish state hold that continued circulation Of
the book will serve to undermine public confidence
in the President"
without taking any dogmatic position relative
to the accuracy quality of the book it is doubtful
if suppression is desirable If demonstrate facts
can undermine confidence in Hoover, then he should
lose our confidence. If Mr.. Knox has slandered
lbeled Mr.. Hoover then have strict law to bring
him to terms and head him for Atlanta or Leaven-
worth
There is no more sense in suppressing this book
than there was in blacklisting Theodore Dreiser's
American Tragedy" for immortality.
"Ihe Great Mistake is not another Presidents
Daughter or "Shackles of the Flesh" 1t alleges
personal scandals 1t is unfrendly but essentially
accurate record of Mr.. Hoover's business career.
It endeavors to prove him mining shark who
played all his life with dubious rainbow ventures,
showing little solcitude for the dollars of the in
vestors-at least the small fry investors We need
not follow the author his deductions from the facts
Actually the book only shows Mr. Hoover to have
been an immensely industrious and very Shrewd
business man engaged in the dramatic and fnan-
cialy hazardous profession of mining promotion.
Admittedly this is not an especially dignihed stable
or eleemosynary form of business enterprise, but
Hoover only took things he found them, and fol-
lowed prevailing methods.
Personally 1t seems that the book has great value
and ultimately may rebound to Hoovers Esneht It
proves, and for all. chat Mr.. HoovM Shas not
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-22
Questions and
Answers

If a snake is killed early in the
day does its tail live until shutdown?
That is a popular belief that is
erroneous. Owing to the reaction
of the snakes nervous system the
tail does continue to move some
time after the snake is otherwise
apparently dead, but certainly not
so long as from morning to sun
down.
How many deaths from influenza
occurred in the United States in
the epidemic of 1918?
There we're 1,471, 1857 deaths re-
ported from that disease.
How much money is spent annu-
ally in the United States for food
and clothing?
Paul N. Nystrom, professor of
marketing Of Columbia university,
estimates the amount spent for food
at twenty billion dollars in 1923 and
for clothing at vine and one half
billion dollars.
How much of the earth's surface
is water and how much is land?
The superficial area of the earth
Is l96,95O.OO0 square miles. Of which
139. 10000 is water and 57,510,O00 is
land.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-22
Officers Chosen

r w. WALLACE of Washington,
Il. executive secretary Of the
American engineering council, has
been chosen chairman Of the eye
sight conservation council.
The vice-chairman is Bailey B.
Burritt Of New York City, general
director of the New York Associa-
ton for Improving the Condition Of
the Poor, and the secretary treas
urer is DR.. Morton G. Lloyd, chief
of the safety division, United States
bureau of standards. +"
1.-THE education Of the men, wom-
en- and children of the United
States with relation to conservation
of their sight and the Improvement
of those factors of daily life that af-
feet human vision are the activities
undertaken by the eyesight conserr
walton council" Director Dougherty
says.
Local councils, composed Of rep.
resentatives of schools and indns-.
tries of tho community, will be Or
ganized in each state to carry out
the education program.
Field secretaries will tour the
country, giving addresses, ILLUSTRATED
with lantern slides and movie films,
before public school groups, welfare
and parent-teacher associations, and
industrial and business groups"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-22
Exclusion Necessary

GEOGRAPHICALLY, the Pacific
" ocean is much wider than the
Atlantic, but an Iowa farmer now
can go from San Francisco to
Hongkong easier and quicker than
General Howe went from London
to New York.
We have been in contact with the
Orient only about 100 years, yet
that has been long enough to per-
suade us that the exclusion Of
Orientals is necessary.
Exclusion probably was unavoid-
able, if not the wisest thing, but we
shouldn't get deceived by it. We
have yet to meet the issue for which
it Stands-the issue of competition
with coolie labor, of established Or
der to clear the way for trade ex-
pansion, and of the elemental urge
to grab and develop natural re-
sources as our need grows.
Our relations with the Orient
constitute just one more phase of
the international problem, and not
the least important phase.
Western civilization has settled
down to a fairly reliable modus
vivendi on the Atlantic, even though
France and Italy do decide to mess
up the Mediterranean a bit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-22
SCIENCE
Campaign to Conserve Sight
of the Americas People Is
Launched by Council
nv DAVID 0TFT2

DLANS for a campaign in 1891 to
i encourage citizens to take bet
ter care of their eyes and to elirni,
nate industrial and civic conditions
which endanger sight have been an
nounced by the Eyesight Conserva-
ton Council Of America.
In a statement, Proctor L. Dough-
erty, director of the council and
former president of the board Of
commissioners of the District of Co
lumbia. points out that one out Of
every five men 20 years of age has
defective vision and does not
know it.
Elections to the board of council
lors of the council we're announced
as follows:
Senator James j. Davis of Penn
sylvania. Senator Joseph Z. Rams
dell of Louisiana, William Green,
president of the American Fedora
ton of Labor; Merritte w. Ireland.
surgeon-general, war department:
John Hays Hammond, internation-
ally known engineer; DR.. William j.
Cooper, United States commissioner
t education; Surgeon-General Hugh
s. Cumming, United States health
service; DR.. Arthur D. Little, Cam
bridge, Mass, 1881 winner of the
Perkin medal in chemistry; DR..
Charles R. Mann, director of the
American Council of Education.
Washington; DR.. William A. White,
superintendent of st. Elizabethr
Hospital for the Insane. Washing
ton; Professor Thomas D. Wood Of
Teachers college, Columbia univer-
sity, New York.