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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19
Just Every Day Sense

BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

TNHERE is no bewilderment and suffering like
i that which eats the heart of the wife Who
suspects her husband of unfaithfulness.
Picture to yourself her situation. Compelled to
main a. home with her children she her husband
fare forth daily into world whose temptations appear
multitudnous to her imagination She thinks of him
surrounded by sirens all of whom eager to
supplant her in his affections
Or in many cases. she has positive proof of his
misbehavor and experience has taught her that she
rely upon his promises.
Hers must admit, is no pleasant role. And the
necessity of playing passive part in the drama
merely augmentS the tragedy for her.
1t is one thing to strike attitude and defy the
fates but it's quite another to realize that you must
stand by the babies and keep up your patience
Meanwhile, the kitchen sink is an excellent place
for the fancieS to riot and washing dishes and
diapers does not give you superiority complex much
as these occupations have been lauded as becoming
ones for the wife.
T AM willing to give husbands the benefit Of all
L doubts I believe that their wives should be ex-
actly that generous but it's hard to understand how
men can be thoughtleSs and callous when little
extra effort, fond word two would turn pain into
happiness
Few of them are blessed with the ability to see
life from the wife's point Of view, or perhaps they
merely are too stubborn to exercise the ability. Yet
here lies the crtx of most matrimonial troubles
Here is the reason why women have left their fire.
sides in droves good many of them wanted to keep
their eyes on the miScreant male.
While do not seek to excuse women from their
responsibilities do believe that If men used one
tenth of the ir-mindedness and charm at home
that they expend in their business and social life hall
the difficulties Of marriage would pass away.
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tire blame, or any large part of it.
upon the shoulders of reporters.
Naturally the same rule applies to
both news and radio commentators
With the added thought that the
broadcaster has less chance to
weigh and polish his language.
Kindly Comment Welcome
TINE whole nature of intercolle-
Il giate football makes it inevi-
table that the fierce light of pub
llclty should beat upon it. And in
all truth I have never heard from
any quarter a single objection as
long as the publicity was made up
OF paeanS of praise. Only when the
knife is turned does the howl of
protest rise.
You can not have gate receipts
and censorships at the same time.
II Harvard chooses to go into a sort
OF Union Club attitude and admit
only such spectators as can get by
the committee On admissions, well
and good.
But just as long as 1t freely in
vites cash customers and sporting
writer's to come and do their stuff.
it must be prepared to take the
bitter with the sweet. Indeed, dur
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19
ToOthpicks and TrestIes

In an effort to defame Theodore Dresser and divert
attention from his damaging discoveries in the coal
mining fields of Kentucky, the mine operators sane
toned if they did not instigate, effort to convict
him of moral turpitude.
Toothpicks were placed against his door in
Harlan hotel. said to be in his room.
The toothpcks were said to have been undstrbed in
the morning. Therefore, Dresser was guilty of i'm
morality.
We may let Dresser make his explanations.
He already has done So Whether they are convincing
or not we shall not presume to say. In any event. 1T
Is hard to escape the conviction that this whole bust
ness is most trivial red herring dragged the
track of the real import of the controversy.
These toothpicks appear pretty insignificant when
lined up alongside the coaltrestles which symbolic
the almost unbelievable human brutality and injustice
which authoritative investigators, other than Dresser
have proved to exist in the Kentucky mine fields.
Low wages are paid. Long days of work are
acted for those employed Safety devices in the mines
often are quite inadequate Many are unemployed
Miners and their families frequently live under
ditions far than those which prevail in the feed
ing and housing of the company mules. Those who
protest and demand more civilized conditions
jailed or shot with reprehensibe frequency
1t may be admitted that general mining conditions
in the soft coal industry-n Kentucky and elsewhere
are not satisfactory. The industry is in bad way.
But the strategy of the operators Is open TO grave
question.
Let them state their economic case frankly and
invite public investigation and adjustment. AS long
they try to keep the facts from the public and Jail
intimidate the most reputable and decent investi-
gators they not likely to impress impartial OBJ
servers with the fairness justice Of their
their methods.
Even a highly respectable student from Union
Theological seminary sent down by such distinguished
men as Sherwood Eddy and Kirby Page, was seized
and jailed last summer.
Theodore Dresser has done real public service
through his trip to Kentucky.
1t was necessary that somebody with robust in
ternationaI reputation should go down to Kentucky
and break through the ring of steel and lead which
the operators have thrown about this industrial
somebody that they did not dare to shoot jail.
They did not dare to go beyond attempted defamation
of character in Dreiser'S case.
1t Ia unfair to Dresser of publicity hunger,
He is in no need of publicity. Even if he had been,
he could have said or done something spectacular
without leaving his comfortable New York apartment
What he has done is to go to great personal incon-
venience to turn the spotlight on Kentucky coal az
has no one before him.
His trip may open the way for visit by Senators
like Borah and La toilette Public apathy before in
credible injustice and brutality at last may be dis
solved.
Even the disgraceful efforts at defamation may
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

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Asteroids Are the Remnants
Of a Large, Disintegrated'
Comet, Contends an Ohio
Astronomer.
ONE Of the great mysteries OF
~ our system is the origin of the
asteroids, that group of tiny planets
or ''planetoids. as they sometimes
are called, which revolve around the
sun in the zap between Mars and
Jupiter.
Until recently. their two theories
generally were advanced TO account
for them. One was that they were
remnants of a great planet which
blew up or exploded at some date
in the dim distant past.
The other theory was that they
were material which normally would
have formed a planet at the time
that the solar system took shape,
but that, for some reason, perhaps
the great gravitational pull of Jupi-
ter failed to do so.
A third theory for the origin Of
the asteroids has just been adj
vanced by DR.. N. T. BobrovnikoR
of the Perkins observatory Of Ohio
Wesleyan university, Delaware, o.
DR.. Bobrovnikoff, who is one Of
the worlds chief authorities upon
the subject of comets, believes that
the asteroids are the remnants of a
very large comet which disintegrat-
ed. They might, in his opinion, rep
resent the wreckage of several
comets. but he thinks it quite likely
that they all originated from one
very large comet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19
Democrats OpportunitY

Democrats in congress have an opportunity for
intelligent public service in the present tax con-
troversy.
If today's lineups maintained, they will con-
troll the house and its committees and will divide con-
troll with Republicans in the senate. They will have
the power to write tax legislation to help balance
the budget, and distribute the nations wealth more
evenly.
Republican spokesman, up to now. have led in the
tax discussion, and Democrats for the most part have
been silent Evidently Democrats concerned about
the political theory that party sponsoring tax in
creases is penalized at the polls. They in a
splendid position to play politics with tax bills if they
choose to do so.
But Democrats who want their party to mean
something and to lead, will forego questionable adj
vantages that might be gained by playing politics
with taxes and will set about preparing an intelligent
and liberal program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19
The Town Hall

Citizens who have not yet discovered the weekly
meetings of the Town Hall are missing chance to
get in touch with the world.
Each Friday morning at the English theater
outstanding authority who has added to
the general store of knowledge either through travel
research thinking, presents the results of his in
vestgations
In these days when it becomes more important
to solve the question of what to do with leisure te
and it will be problem when the 1ve-day week is
universally adopted then interest in education should
be stimulated
The Town Hall furnishes the opportunity for
those who desire to progress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19
HEALTH
Metabolism Test Aid to Diagnosis

variation is from figure of minus
Z to plus Z.
An occasional person apparently
healthful will have a figure as low
as minus Is to minus Is. Some peo-
pie simply tend to produce less heat
in their bodies than do others.
1t has been found that basal
metabolism during sleep at night is
consistently lower than during the
normal waking hours. The observa-
ton is important because some peo-
pie fall asleep while their basal
metabolic rate is being determined.
1t seems likely also that under
nutrition may be associated with q
lowered basal metabolic rate.
Thus, DR.. Bernard M. jacobson
has found that it is low in starva-
ton, as, for example, in professional
fasters, and that a low rate some
times occurs also in people with
diabetes who have been compelled
to be undernouriShed.
| The chief incidence of lowered
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19
Water by the Mil

T Asst Monday was the day on
H which Japan was supposed to
withdraw her troops from Man
churia, but she didn't.
Instead, she made preparations
for a smashing drive, which she
staged the very next day, and
which Melted her speedy triumph.
The League Of Nations is all
stirred up over it, but that doesn't
help the least bit.
1t was a mistake for the league to
name a day in its order, or request,
when it had no power to enforce
its will. Far better had the league
said, within a reasonable time. .
or by next spring." or something
OF the sort. But that water has
gone by the mill.
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basal metabolism seems to be asso-
ciated with a question of thyroid
deficiency.
There are, however, other glands
of internal secretion, such as the
pituitary and the adrenal, which
may be deficient in their activity
and thereby produce lowered ba-
sal metabolism.
Lowered metaboliSm is also found
in occasional cases of anemia and
in nervous disorders of the psychas-
thenic type or neurasthenic type.
The measurement of the basal
metabolic rate is a significant test
which means great deal to the
examining physician.
Taken into association with the
other observations that he makes of
the general condition of his patient.
the basal metabolic rate may indi-
cate to the physician the special
parts of the body to which he must
direct his attention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19
RESTRICT ENEMY ALIENS
November 10

ON Nov. 10, 1917, President Will
" son issued a proclamation re-
curing all enemy aliens to register
and barring them from airships,
balloons, airplanes and any ocean,
bay, river or other waters within
three miles of the shore line of the
United States except on public fer
ries; and barring them in the same
sense from the District of Columbia
and the Panama Canal zone.
The German government was In
formed of these measures and as
Sured that no abuse of their coun-
trynen here was contemplated.
A memorandum of German sal
lors in this country held as prisoners
of war, civilians informed as dan
gerous aliens, and crews of former
German merchantmen detained
here was also sent to Berlin.
The number. of unnaturalized
Germans interned in the United
States at this time did not exceed
500.
Lloyd George, speaking in the
house of commons, said that five
submarines had been destroyed in
one day, Nov. II.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19
Questions and Answers

BY whom are justices of the
peace appointed and what are their
duties?
In the United States, justices of
the peace in some instances are
appointed by the state executive,
and in other instances they are
elected by popular vote. Their
powers and duties vary in the diff
ferent states, but in most they have
jurisdiction in minor cases, both
civil and criminal. The extent and
nature of their powers are defined
by state statutes.
Do blue crabs Hive in salt or fresh
water?
Normally the edible blue crabs in
habit salt water, but are often found
in water that is slightly brackish,
and occasionally in pure fresh
water. They can live for some time
out of the water. If fresh water
crabs or fish are taken from their
natural habitat and placed in salt
water, they have a tendency to
shrivel. They live under such con-
ditions only a short time. When
salt water crabs are placed in fresh
water, they have tendency to
swell.
Have there been more home runs
hit in the National League in the
last five years than in the Ameri-
can League?
For the years 1926-1930 inclusive,
there were 3,178 home runs hit by
players in the National League, and
2,615 by players in the American
League.
Who murdered Philip III of Mace
donna?
Pausanias, youth of noble blood,
who stabbed Philip as he was walk
ing in procession during the mar
riage festivities of the kings daugh-
ter.
What was the first steamship to
cross the Atlantic from the United
States to England, and how long
did it take?
The Savannah, a 350-ton, paddle
wheel steamer, built at New York,
left Savannah, Ga, on May "a, 1919.
and reached liverpool IN twenty
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19

not be without their valuable social results. They
have already given degree of publicity to Dreisers
visit which no report on industrial conditions ever
could have produced. The boomerang already is in
evidence.
Perhaps more Important is the proof that we need
readjustment Of our moral standards. We shall not
question conventional sex morality Let us concede
for the time being that Judge Jones and the Harlan
shoppers are correct here
Yet Is is evident that the conception of morality
should be extended beyond sexual issues. 1t is not
unreasonable to demand that the man who starves
exploits, and shoots down poor but honest workers
be regarded as moral oucast. Certainly his offense
is as grievous the violation of the Mann act or the
True Name act.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19

days, during eighteen of which she
used her paddles.
How many golf balls are man.
ufactured annually, and what is
their value?
1929 there were 1,655,s47 dozen
goI pals manufactured in the
United States, valued at Se.444 1917
How far from London, England
is Liverpool and in which direction
is 1t?
Liverpool is ITS northwest of
London.
+ What was the first United States
army division 10 enter the battle
line in the World war?
The First division, which entered
the battle area on Oct. 81, 1917.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19
More J0bIeSS for h, s.

n Unless all signs fail, the British
~ are out to show us just how a
tariff works on the other side of
the ocean.
The bill which now is before par
lament, and which probably will be
passed before the end of the week
gives the board of trade power to
impose duties of as much as 100
per cent on such imported articles
as it finds in unfair competition
With home products.
Experts figure that this will in
clude about one third of the manu-
featured goods which American
firms have been selling in England
Many American firms will try to
hold their trade by building branch
plants. Some seventy-f1ve applica-
tons already have been made for
permits to do so.
While American firms might be
able to hold their trade by such a
method, it would be at the price of
substituting English for American
workmen, and that won't help the
unemployment situation here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19
Ramsay Proved Point

DEOPLE don't like high taxes, but
l. there are things they like even
less, such as wasted money, an I'M
fair system and, above all else, a
timid, impractical attitude which
gets nowhere.
The people are not unmindful of
the existing situation, or what is
necessary to get out of it. They are
prepared to back purposeful, con-
structive measures and pay their
share of the cost.
What inks them most at this
particular moment is a type of lead
ership which goes on the theory
they must be wheedled and cajoled
into doing the obvious thing.
Ramsay Macdonald proved how
sensibly people react to plain talk.
Why not try it in this countryP
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19
HOoVer'S ASteroid

NEW asteroids frequently are
~ discovered. Astronomers ac-
cord the finder the privilege Of
naming it. At first they were called
after NEUROLOGICAL characters, but
those names soon were used up.
Asteroids have been named after
nations, cities, colleges, steamboats,
and pet dogs Shortly after the
World war, Belgian astronomer,
in grateful recollection of Herbert
Hoover's work in Belgium, named
one 'Hooveria."
DR.. Bohrovnikoff points out that
there are many objections to the
older theories of the origin of the
asteroids. He points out that the
explosion theory is not good because
the total mass of the asteroids is
far less than that of any of the
planets.
He says that we must couple with
the explosion theory some explana-
ton to account for the total disap-
pearance of most of the mass of the
original planet.
Inc theory that the asteroids are
material which failed to form a.
planet is not a good one, he says,
because it is not possible to show
automatically how this could be.
If these asteroids had failed to
form a planet, then there is no rea-
son why our moon or any of the
satellites of other planets should
have come into existence.
In regard to comets, he points out
that 1t is well-known fact that
many comets have disintegrated. A
number of comets are known to
have disintegrated into swarms Of
meteors.
A very large comet, he says, might
have broken up into the asteroids.
He does not think it unlikely that
such a large comet might have ex-
listed.
"Paraphrasing Kepler, we may
say that comets differ from each
other as much as do the fish of the
sea-" he adds.
When was the San Francisco
mint established?
In 1854.
How old is Paavo Nurmi, the long
distance runner?
He is 81 years old.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19
fSkY Detectives

THE story of the asteroids is one
L. of the most interesting in as
Economical history. 1t is the sur
prising tale of the astronomical de-
tective police"
In 1772, Johann Ebert Bode point
ed out that the distances between
the planets increased in an orderly
progression with the exception that
there was an unusually large gap
between Mars and Jupiter.
This progression became known
as BODIES law, but received no par
ticular attention until Sir William
Herschel discovered the planet IRA
nus in 1871.
The distance of Uranus from the
sun was approximately that called
for by BODIES law.
So in 1900 Baron Franz Won Zach,
director of the observatory at Co
tina, Germany, organized twenty
four astronomers into what he jok-
ingly called the astronomical de-
tective police.
They divided the sky among them
and began a telescope search for
the missing planet, which, according
to BODIES law, should be between
Mars and Jupiter.
They worked all year with no
success. but on the night of Jan. l,
1901, the first night of the nine
teenth century, an italian astrono-
mer, Giuseppe Piazza, at Palermo,
Sicily, discovered a tiny planet in
the gap. He named it Ceres, after
the traditional goddess of the island.
Astronomers were surprised by it's
tiny size. But other surprises weret
to come. Additional planets were
discovered in the same region until
today more than 1000 are known.
Ceres, the largest, has diameter
of 480 miles. Others have diameters
of as little as ten miles and have
been described as mountains
broken loose"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19
Not in Its Own Backward

1T can not be maintained logically
Il that a college football team rep
resents a wholly private, enterprise.
If there are to be broadcasts at all,
certain amount of latitude of ex-
preston must be granted to the
man who performs the enormously
difficult task of following the action
on the field.
And, speaking for this listener, I
would not have the radio reporter
wholly impersonal. If he must say
nothing until he has considered the
shape and tone of the phrase, he
can not, by any possible chance,
keep abreast of the ball at such times
as it begins to move fast.
If Harvard, or any other college,
cares to say that football in its
precincts belongs to the student
body and the alumni and to no
others at all there might be some
thing of logic in the position. But
this stand entails certain reticences
which no stadium owner cares to
pack upon his back.
For instance, if a particular radio
announcer may be barred at the
gates, even as disgruntled managers
have barred dramatic critics, then
news commentators are likely to be
subject to the same censorship.
Private athletics seem to me an
excellent ideal for universities. But
without ballyhoo and blurbs, it will
not be possible to pay the interest
charges on the huge amphitheaters
which have grown up all over the
country.
Even a Harvard-Yale encounter
would dwindle were the newspapers
OF the land to treat its occurrence
with thunders Of silence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19
It Was Asked For

ONCE a college admits and en-
~ courages press agentry, both
on its own part and cooperating
sports writer's, the day of exclusive
ness is done. In bidding for head
lines, one may not set limitations
upon the precise way in which all
your performers are to be treated.
On many occasions I have cited
against intercollegiate football the
unfairness of exposing young men
to the rough treatment of critical
appraisal by the press. It seems to
me unfortunate that some lad of
10 should be named to the millions
as a bOnehead because he errs in
Judgment during a football en-
counter.
But IFS nonsense to place the en-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-19
Politicians Are Scared

THE situation really would look
l. bright, were it not for the
Manchurian mixup, the British
tariff, the federal deficit and a few
other things.
You just can't get away from a
deficit, however, or what it implies.
This government will be in the
hole some two billion dollars by next
June, and still running behind.
That means, not one of two
things, as some people try to
imagine, but both-a cut in expenses
and higher taxes.
AS usual, politicians are scared,
arguing that the public will turn
against the party which raises taxes,
just as though the public didn't
have sense enough to realize that
back bills must be paid.