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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-21
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BATTLE OF ST. QUENTIN

BATTLE OF ST. QUENTIN
March 81
I'm March 81, 1918, the Germans
" launched a great offensive by
which they hoped to gain a mill
tary decision before the influx of
American reinforcements.
1t was called the Battle for st.
Quentin, or the Second Battle OF
the Marine.
The attack, said to have sur
passed in grandeur If scale and de-
struction any other in the World
war, was begun at 4:30 in the
morning.
The sudden crash of 5000 German
guns heralded the breaking OF the
storm. BY nightfall the German
flood had inundated forty miles of
British front.
A week later it had penetrated a
depth of forty miles. In the weeks
to follow the Allies nearly were
submerged.
These weeks rank with that OF
the Marine in 1914 as the two grav-
est crisis in the World war. This
is where the Germans came closest
to a World war victory.
In spite Of the fact the Germans
decisively defeated the British arm
les and drew twenty French divi-
sionS into action at st. Quentin
they we're unable to separate the
British and French forces. That
was an obiectiYe.
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journalist Of high reputation, and
there is no reason why he should
have been exposed to such remarks
as ooh so you set yourself up as a
sound judge of English?"
Now, that is a perfectly frivolous
and silly query. 1t is wasting the
time of the court and of the witness.
It was wholly irrelevant.
I have the same feeling about Co
halan's remark in answer to George
Jean Nathan's testimony that at
least twenty other f1rst-rate critics
agreed with him in placing O'Neill
in the leadership of American play
wrights.
To this Cohalan remarked, "Oh,
T thought there was only one good
critic in America"
I don't understand by what right
any lawyer assumes the privilege of
making contenptuous and haunting
remarks.
There is no soundness in the as
sumption that if you can irritate
witness into anger he will give
more VeraclOuS testimony.
The prize exhibit in this parti-
cular performance was a query as to
why the critic wore his handkerchief
in the upper right hand breast
pocket. This seems to me to be a
part of a process of reducing court
procedure to an absurdity.
It is not unreasonable that QueS-
lions should be asked which are de-
signed to undermine the credibility
of any one who appears upon the
stand.
But I fail to comprehend just
what useful sidelight into Nathan's
personality was to be obtained by
an inquiry into his preferences as
to the location of a handkerchief.
Much less latitude should be per-
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before attempting to dress and go
outdoors.
For people who are less robust,
the bath at a temperature of 81 de-
greeS Fahrenheit is more suitable.
Experts in the treatment of dis
eases by hydrotherapy also have de-
veloped the device called whirlpool
baths, in which hot water is driven
rapidly around the vat by an espe-
cially arranged system of pipes and
valves.
The whirlpool bath is exceed
ingly helpful in softening tissues
relieving pain and preparing in
famed muscles and joints for later
massage.
Massage is a valuable therapeutic
measure, particularly when proper
ly associated with heat Sod the care
of the body generally.
Great care must be taken with
massage when tissues are> painful
It should never be forciht as long
as there is acute inflammation.
Rough exercise or manipulation
of irlflamed joints may bring about
serious injury.
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Earth Denoted
THE astronomer begins by de

HE astronomer begins by de-
Il noting our earth from the
place of Importance which ancient
cosmogonieS gave it.
The earth is not the center
around which the rest of creation
revolves. 1t is one of nine known
planets which revolve around the
sun.
He continues the dehation process
by pointing out that our sun is only
an average star. There are many
stars larger than our sun, many
that are more massive, and many
that are brighter.
Our sun is only one of forty bill
lion stars that go to form the gal
axy. The galaxy is a great watch
shaped or lens-shaped collection of
stars.
When we look at the Milky Way
we see such a great concentration
of stars because We are staring into
the depths of the galaxy. We are
looking along the hands q the
watch, so to speak.
When we look at right angles to
the Milky Way. we see so few stars
because we are looking out through
the front or back of the watch.
Perhaps few figures will help to
get the picture which the astrono-
mer furnishes us. From the earth
to its satellite, the moon, is 100000
miles.
From the earth to the sun is
100000 miles. From the earth
to the nearest star is $4,000, 100000
900 miles.
That distance is more convenient
ly stated in terms of Ight-years, the
distance which a beam of light
travels in a year. approximately
5000, 000, 100000 miles.
The nearest star is four and 8.
third light-years away.
Astronomers have calculated the
dimensions of the galaxy in light
years. The diameter the long way,
that is, along the hands Of the
watch, is about 100000 liglt-years.
The diameter the short way, that is,
from the front to the back of the
watch is about $4,000 light-years.
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IT SEEMS TO ME BY H EES4S

MUCH has been written from
1v1 time to time lately about fac
tors which bring our courts into
disrepute. We all have heard that
the man who drinks a cocktail
might as well set a bomb under the
halls of justice.
But at least one factor rests with
the judges and lawyers themselves.
The average layman hates to be
called into court, even as a witness,
because he knows that much of his
time will be wasted in wholly frivo-
lous proceedings.
But I am thinking chiefly Of the
right which every citizen should
have in court Of being treated with
reasonable courtesy.
When a man appears In the wit
ness box he generally is doing the
community a favor. Very often
he has to stake whatsoever in the
proceedings.
He is giving his time so that fair
judgment shall be reached. Natur-
ally, a certain amount of pressure
through questioning may serve the
ends Of fact finding.
But I see no reason why some
limit should not be put upon the
badgering of men who have all the
appearance of giving honest testi-
mony.
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SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ.

Many Sciences Blend to Form
Nea0 Branches of Science,
as AstrophySics. Geochem-
iStTy, Etc.
THE picture of the universe which
4 modern science furnishes US is
one in which many branches of SCI
ence have helped with the painting.
Astronomy supplied the broad
outlines. Atomic physics filed in
the fine details. Other branches Of
science I'LL in a portion here and
there.
AS the picture progressed and the
essential unity of the universe be-
came apparent, many border-line
sciences developed, branches which
cut across two or more fields of the
older sciences.
Thus astronomy and physics
united to form geophysics, geology
and chemistry to form geochenis-
try.
Similarly, chemistry and physics
merge in physical chemistry and
chemistry and biology in biochem-
istry.
To get a complete picture Of the
universe, we must call on each sci
enlist, the "old-line" representatives
as well as the spokesman of the
newer branches. Let us begin by
hearing the testimony of the as
tronomer.
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Many Nuts

XKTITHOUT passing Judgment on
w this particular action there
can be little doubt that many suits
for plagiarism fall under the head
Of mere racketeering.
Some have no honest intent save
to collect hush money for mere
nuisance value. Others are brought
by people of the crack-brained sort
The writing world is full of nuts.
Whenever a play or book succeeds,
there always is somebody with an
unsold manuscript ready to cry out
that his too was stolen.
And it is generally the case in
regard to impossible efforts that the
manuscript has gone the rounds.
Nuts are peculiarly persistent, and
many a suit has been based on
nothing more than the fact that
some hodge-p odge or other has
passed through publishers read
ing.
There ought to be a penalty i'm
posed upon plaintiffs in such &C
lions. Genuine plagiarism, to be
sure. does exist. But it is extremely
rare.
A good many people from time to
time have sent me novels and plays
to read and have asked advice as to
what they should do with their
manuscripts.
They seem surprised when an
swer that the simple and logical
thing to do with a novel is to sub
nit it to a publisher, and that a
play very properly may be sent
directly to a play producer.
Very often the answer comes that
they are afraid to do this because
they fear that their ideas will be
stolen. This seems to me fantas-
tic notion.
Copyright. 1881. By The Tines
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Views of Times Readers

Editor Times-The time has come
when it becomes of the most vital
Importance to the people Of Indiana
and the United States as a whole to
decide the truck and bus question,
once and for all.
The war caused a great tax bur-
den to be loosed upon the people.
Prohibition enforcement has caused
another. Taxes OF all kinds are be-
coming serious problems.
With the paving of roads. a new
menace Of tax and complicated con-
ditions has arisen which threatens
our very existence. Our roads which
were once adequate for passenger
automobile traffic are becoming in
creasingly inadequate. Trucks have
become larger and larger as roads
and bridges have been built.
Trucks have been made speedier
until they are of express train size
and speed. Roads which once were
wide enough for passenger auto
traffic are becoming extremely dan
gerous to drive upon, due to size
and number of trucks. Roads built
to stand up under normal automo-
bile traffic simply are crumbling up
and being destroyed under truck
and bus traffic.
The question now arises, shall all
our roads be built to accommodate
the truck and bus or shall they be
limited to passenger auto traffic:'
Roads built to accommodate the
truck and bus would cost at least
three times as much as our present
roads and at three times tue up
keep. A road under normal traffic
will last twenty years. Under truck
and bus traffic it will last seven
years or the equivalent of It's cost
must be spent keeping it up every
seven years.
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Beyond the Galaxy

TIME question which arises at
Il once is: What lies in space be-
You'd the galaxy? The astronomer
is ready to testify on that point up
to the limit of his largest tele-
scope, the 100-inch reflector at
the Mt. Wilson observatory. When
the new 200-inch telepscope is COM
pleted, he will have more to tell us.
Beyond our galaxy the astrono-
mer finds objects at immense dis
tances, which are known by num-
Der of names, the most familiar be-
ing that of the spiral nebulae.
They also are known as the nom
galactic nebulae and as the exterior
galaxies. These names, which seem
somewhat contradictory, arise from
the fact that for some time there
was considerable disagreement about
their exact nature.
Originally, they we're called the
spiral nebulae, because the most
conspicuous ones are spiral in form.
resembling in appearance the pin
wheels shot off in Fourth Of July
fireworks displays.
Later it was found that many
were not spiral in shape, but globu-
lar, and so the name non-galactic
was used as a better name, signify
ing that they were beyond the lin
its of our own galaxy.
Hence the name island galaxy, or
exterior galaxy, came to be applied
to them.
About 100000 exterior galaxies lie
within the range of the 100-inch
telescope. The nearest is $4,000
light-yeaTs away. The most distant
one is 14O,OOO,0O0 light-years away
There is no reason for suppos-
ing that there are not more dis
tant ones. Undoubtedly, the 200
inch telescope will reveal them.
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There are 100000 automobiles
IN the United States. About 5000, 900
of them are trucks and buses. The
passenger automobile was response
BILE for the paved road. 1t seems as
though the truck and bus will usurp
and regulate traffic on the paved
road.
The truck and bus have caused
greater damage than this, though.
They have taken SO much freight
and passenger traffic from the rail-
roads that their existence is threat
ened. Thousands of railroad men
have lost their jobs. A railroad
man receives nearly three times the
wages that a truck driver or bus dri-
yer receives. Whole communities
have been affected, causing mil
lions of dollars loss.
Railroads pay great portion OF
our taxes. IF the railroads are
forced to abandon their roads, the
government will lose the taxes. Its
tax loss will be another burden on
the people. The railroad has its
own right-of -way. It pays all the
expenses Of its upkeep. Shall we
permit its abandonment and Shout
der a greater burden?
Have we anything to say about
our roads or shall we go ahead and
shoulder the burdens which have
fallen upon us. Our backs are bent
i,e,U--haven't We any one with
courage enough to get up and fight
fof US? Are we going to be like
"T.le Toiler"-our heads bent down
our eyes upon the ground, no hope
ahead? WALLACE w. ALL.
1916 Hoyt avenue.
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mitGed in cross-examination And
there is no reason why it ever
should get to downright rudeness,
save in the case of particularly balzy
and evasive witnesses.
AS things stand, the rite of ex-
animation resolves itself into petty
persecution. 1t is not to be Won
dered that most of us regard any
sort of hearing as something to be
avoided if possible,
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BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

IL Ol0s U4Ohh1O EAOnbEAIN
Editor, Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
HEAT applied to any inflarned
4 4 tissue serves several purposes.
It brings about an increase in the
circulation, which results in the ex-
change of waste products and the
bringing in of materials which COM
bat infection.
The muscles in an inf1ammatory
condition are painful on motion;
the application of heat tends to
reduce the SpaSm and tension.
Heat may be applied to persons
with rheumatism in many differ
ent ways. One of the simplest
methods is simply to immerse the
body entirely in hot water, and
thereafter to put the person be-
tween blankets so that the per-
spiration will be induced, the tenn
perature of the body raised, and
the chemical interchanges in the
body increased.
Baths may be modified by the
addition of various types of oils
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silly Rudeness

T AM thinking specifically of the
i trial in which an action for pla-
giarism was brought against Eugene
O'Neil. Among those who testified
was George Jean Nathan.
Nathan admittedly IS a friend Of
O'Neill, and it would be within his
desire that the case should go
against the plaintiff. But he is a
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Daily Thought

For wrath kiIIeth the foolish
man and envy slayeth the silly
One.-Job So.
Anger begins with folly and ends
with ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
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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 Daper.-The Editor.
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Thanks to several layers Of flannel underwear he
was wearing Maine sheriff was unframed by a bull
let But it would be exaggerang to say he came off
without a scratch.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-21

Give the little girl hand" as the unlucky birds
fan said to the dealer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-21

When convicts get uneasy. that's the time the
warden takes his pen in hand
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-21

The president of a tobacco company was given 2
$l2ooOOO stock bonus Fulfilling no doubt. his fondes
pipe dream.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-21

Where and when did Edward w.
Box die?
AT Lake Wales, Fla, Jan. 9, 1880.
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No matter where an Alaskan may travel there,
no place, we suppose, like Nome
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fessonal advancement not nrinsicay any indication
whatever Of class affiliations.
Strongly unionized, the American teaching profes-
sion would be nvincible It could secure decent pay
and maintain selfrespect through candid and inde-
pendent instruction.
AS long as it remains disorderly army Of divided
straggers it will remain weak tmid polite and So
cially ineffective.
American civilization would be forwarded by the
realization Of Dr.. Lnves program Liberals well may
wish him every success.
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/ was pleasant to read of the disagreement be-
4 tween Schroeder and his lawyer, after the for
-'i'I W., coivcCon OF mansaughter at Indianapolis
is chance for society. N' '--'1e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

Labor to enter into this new region OF
study and to determine. If possible, just
what becomes of the workingmen and
the workingwomen who have lost their
places because OF the introduction of
new machinery, of the adoption of mass
production, and because Of other cir
cumstances which have made 1t posi-
BILE for manufacturing and other bust
ness concerns to reduce their forces.
Until recently new inventions and the
founding of new industrial activities
neceSsitating the services of many
working people almost Immediately have
taken care of those workers who for
one reason or another have been dis
placed So long as the inventive genius
survives. and so long as the needs OF
the people enlarge, there probably al
ways will be work for the majority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

Refused planning committee to or
ganize the whole field, refused the codi-
fication of tangled laws which govern
Indian relations, they frightened their
belts and struck first at few most
glaring ills. In two years they have
wiped out the horrors of Indian board
ing schools, reduced these schools in
number, increased the food allowances
for children in those schools from IL
cents day-a starvation rate-to 378
cents a day-a minimum rate-and the
yearly clothing allowance from $22 to
$40. They have put over model power
leases for Indian sites, recognized the
educational service and the employment
service, widened the work of public
health and agricultural instruction; they
have got rid of many unworthy or in
competent field workers, instituted CO.
operation with other agencies of all
sorts. added to their stats such nation
ally known educators as DR.. Will Car
Bates and others.
Policy Protects Property.
Most important, they have worked
out a policy. That policy is to protect
Indian property rights. to make the In
dian Self-supporting, to emancipate the
Indian child as rapidly as possible from
the boarding school, to diminish segre-
cation of Indians.
Perhaps, considering everything, this
policy can be called only hope.
And the entire question of whether
it can ever be anything more lies to-
day as 1t must for some time to come,
in the personal character of the man
at the desk in the Indian ONCE In
Washington.
The Indian question has long been a
national scandal. To cure it not only
must the Indian commissioner be first
rate in ability and unselfish in inten-
ton, but he must be understood by those
who are willing to help in carrying a
national responsibility. Only so can he
accomplish his end.
Charles Rhoads had not long taken
his seat in the big, sunny ONCE, whose
doors always stand wide open, I'M
guarded by the usual hedge of secre-
taries, before those secretaries learned
that he never would sign letter which
contained the capital 81" 1t must al
ways be I'VE"
Henry ,Scattergood formed the plural.
its said that when Rhoads WAS ASKED
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German War Dogs and Horses to Have
Monuments as Symbols of Gratitude

filled many a gallant chapter in war
annals.
After the armistice was concluded,
no less than 10000 dogs were demobil-
lied Most of them were returned to
their former owners, but large num-
Der also was given to the Blind Aid
Society for use by soldiers blinded in
the war. Thus began on large scale
a canine service to man which is one
Of the most touching and Steadfast pos
sible for any animal to render A doz-
en- times a day in the course of normal
wandering through Berlin one sees cases
thousand shaggy, patient creatures
which must give their freedom that
blind man may have his.
In the IS years since the war most OF
the dogs who saw active service have
either died or become too decrepit to
work any longer. That the supply
might be kept level with the demand
and that the WORKOUT ones may have
their decent old age, the Blind Aid So
ciety has leased at Schildow. village
close to Berlin, an area Of about S
square miles, where its dogs are to have
their training ground. The society also
inf1rmary for those suffering from ILL
ness or old age.
Meanwhile host of army and police
dogs is constantly being trained at
other camps in the neighborhood Of
Berlin. A large establishment of the
sort is located at Gruenheide, east of
the capital. The Reichswehr has about
500 dogs at present, and similar num-
Der is attached to the police. 1t has
been found that no particular breed
will fulfill all the requirements demand
ed Of dog which is to be a soldier or
policeman. Various breeds are, there
fore, trained and those which have been
found best suited to the work are Ger
man shepherds, Airedale terriers and
Dobermans. Pekingese, poodles and puny,
petted pups Of like degree are useless in
the extreme.