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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
Modern Christianity

Christianity, in this machine age means stabil-
iSed employment and old-age pensions.
This was the message of Frederick Lands, noted
Logansport editor, to the Big Meeting of the Y. NJ
c. A. in this city yesterday.
To those who profess great piety on Sundays and
then appeal to Governors and legislatures to defeat
social legislation of this Sort Lands will have no
appeal
But to the voorhees, man and those who look for
ward to age with fear and apprehension his decara-
tons have all the meaning of the Golden Rule.
More and more we are forced to accept the belief
that society not be run on the basis Of private
charity and individual greed.
Men have the right to earn their own living. They
have the right to retain their se1f-respect Begging
in world of plenty, of surplus s not conducive
to spiritual elevation.
Quite significantly crusades for both these pur-
poses have been carried on by the Eagles lodge which
has pledged its support to legislation along these
lines
The old age pension law, passed by the last egis-
lature was vetoed by Governor Leslie
Perhaps the Lands view that it is really Christian
in its concept and philosophy will guarantee that the
next Governor will sign such a measure for
measure of this sort is certain Of passage at
session until it becomes the law and old age robbed
of of its fears and civilization is rid of the bar
barc almshouse as the one cure of poverty.
The sterilization Of employment will be a vital
topic at the next session Of congress-
bill looking in this direction presented to
the last session by Representative Louis Ludlow of
this city and Senator Blaine of Wisconsin.
Those who believe that Lands has Christian
outlook life and is correct in his translation Of
its principles into modern terms might write the two
senators from Indiana that they help.
Increasingly, there the belief that the teach
ings of the Master not only guide for the indi-
vdua hut contain philosophy for society that lifts
men from jungle ideas and ideals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
SAYS:

Though Difficult, the Trouble
IN Manchurjd Is by No
Means as Hopeless as the
Doubters and the Cynics
Would Haze Us Believe.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-once
1 more the League of Nations
will endeavor to clear up the Man
churian muddle. Though difficult,
the task is by no means as hopeless
as some of the doubters and cynics
would have Us believe.
If the situation has grown some
what tenser from a military stand
point, it has not failed to show dis
tinct signs of improvement from
that Of diplomacy.
A months study has served not
only to give statesmen of the west
ern world better understanding of
the issues involved, but to bring out
some very important declarations
and commitments, especially on ia
pans part.
People must not allow themselves
to be misled, or confused by Incl
dents which are sensational, rather
than significant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16

other the lookedfor rally did not take place Bust
slid down lower and lower during months when
seasonal gains, if nothing else, should have made
themselves evident.
The recess is over and in three weeks con-
gress will meet with the avowed intention of raising
taxes, with Democrats in control of the house. with
social welfare measures receiving strong support with
a long session in prospect running until the time Of
the presidential campaign.
And has business collapsed in the face Of this
prospect? Not at all. Wheat and cotton have begun
their ng-delayed comebacks, the price of silver is
rising bonds have taken small upward turn, the
number of business failures less last week. the
tendency to hoard apparently has been reversed ac-
cordng to federal reserve figures
All these signs of cheer probably are not due di-
rectly to the reconvenng Of congress- but the fact
that they make their first appearance just as con-
gress meets should dispose of the notion that repre-
sentative government is blight upon prosperity and
national wel-being
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
IT SEEMS TO ME BY HE Ey04qS

hair has nothing on earth to do
with the more important subject Of
bread in the bellies of starving
workers.
Business of Government
7 NEVER have believed in Mr..
4 Hoover'S theory that unemploy-
ment relief should be carried on
through the medium of private
agencies. 1t is my contention that
a national crisis is very properly the
business of the national govern
ment.
I am not so doctrinaire that
would oppose emergency relief, even
though that relief did not touch the
fundamental causes of poverty. But
I do object to the attempt to force
from even the most. hard-pressed
toiler his own mite.
The argument against public work
on any vast scale has always been
that such expenditure would place
too heavy a burden upon the tax
payer and stifle American industry.
But the present drive does hamper
vitality many who live on the very
edge of the sustenance line.
In a New York office building the
scrubwomen were called together
and a distinct hint impaired that it
would be an excellent thing for each
of them to contribute a days pay to
the relief fund. Just how strong
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

y ME Sins of Madelon Claudet" with Helen Hayes
Il giving superb performance in the title role is
the kind of picture that women love- It gives them
q chance to enjoy orgy of tears.
The plot is one of those sure-fre East Lynn i'm
PROBABILITIES, with the noble mother refusing to disclose
her identity lest the sons career be hampered And
when, toward the end, the heroines poor old hands
make that restrained maternal gesture of Strokng the
boys hair-wel the breaking point comes and the
ladies get right down to business and sob openly
This is the type Of sentimentalism that has kept
the male in mental swaddng clothes and the women
in strait Jackets 1t has helped make the boys mar
rowminded and selfish while the girls put too much
stress on chastity and too little honesty
1t may be that it has enabled few women to be
nobler, but frankly, 1 doubt it.
TN this sort of story the audience is expected to I'M
i derstand and appreciate the nobility of a woman
selling her virtue after many bitter struggles so that
her may attain success but the son. poor sap is
not credited with that amount of intelligence.
Being a man, he must be permitted to indulge in
roSeate dreams of a mother who always is beautiful
and gentle, always good and pure
Now !, for one question the merits of a love of
that sweeping magnitude and the worth of such self
sacrifice. It looks if any boy who had it in him
to amount to anything could stand knowing his
mothers identity and could buckle down and help
her. without being hampered tremendously
VIII the day ever come, wonder when we shall
learn to judge women by the same simple standards
Of decency and humanity that we now apply to men?
As it is, are enmeshed hopelessly in tangle
of false sentiment and are the victims of stand
ardzed morality that has made thralls of women
and hypocrites of men. Well may weep, if only for
our departed common sense.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
HEALTH SERVICE
Many Are Unwilling Typhoid Carriers

cistern, nine developed typhoid fe-
yer, and out of twelve people using
the water from the cistern occa-
sionally, one developed typhoid
fever.
Among the nine of the eighteen
who did not develop typhoid fever,
one had had the disease before, and
two had been inoculated with anti
typhoid vaccine. None of those who
had developed the disease had been
immunized against it.
When the health authorities
decided to study the source
of the infection, it was found that
the cistern measured twelve by
eight feet by eight and was made
of concrete. 1t was located in the
back yard of one of the houses.
There was a crack in the wall
of the cistern about two feet below
the ground level of a neighboring
alley. About twenty-five feet from
the ciStern was flush toilet, con-
nected to septic tank and used
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
Another MYTH Explodes

When the depression began to be serious, much
was said about the upsettng effect of congress 1t
was asserted that business would improve as soon
as law makers went about their private affairs and
left the industrial world to its unknown remedies
A year passed and in the spring of 1881 business
was decidedly worse instead of better President
Hoover firmly refused to call special session OF
congress on the ground that long recess from poll
tics and interference all the nation needed.
So the legislative branch Of government was
rendered temporarily impotent. Yet for some reason
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
Must Have Proof

IT is all right for men on the
L street to argue that Japan has
no right to be in Manchuria, that
war exists because there has been
fighting, that the Kellogg pact has
been violated, and that the League
of Nations ought to call boycott,
or take some sort of drastic action
Such assertions and assumptions
have no legal status as yet, and if
we are going to set up reign of law
among nations, we must begin by
recognizing sound legal principles.
Japan has stated that she has not
declared war and does not intend to
declare war on China. She also
has stated that she is prepared to
recognize Chinese sovereignty in
Manchuria.
The League of Nations must
either accept those statements, or
disprove them in a legal way.
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by a family living in nearby
house.
Twenty gallons of water and four
ounces of methylene blue were
poured into the toilet. In twenty
minutes the methylene blue was
found in the cistern. The family
which had the flush toilet had
moved there on Nov. II, $780,
Two of the members of this FAM
lily, a woman so years of age, and
her daughter, said they had typhoid
fever five years before. EXamina-
tons were made of the excretions
of these two people and typhoid
germs were recovered from two of
the seven specimens taken from the
older woman.
In practically every instance some
person who previously has had the
disease is spreading germs, and peo-
pie who come in contact with him
do not even suspect that he is con-
terminating his surroundings with
typhoid organisms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
Taking Nippon'S Word

taking Japan's own word for
Il it, there should be no insur-
mountable obstacle to formulating
a mOdus vivendi in Manchuria
which would be fair to all parties
concerned and which would protect
all interests, until such time as the
treaty rights now in dispute can be
defined and adjusted.
1t would be absurd, of course,
for Japan to withdraw her forces
without dependable guarantees that
her property would be safeguarded
and her concessions respected. No
government on earth would do such
a thing under existing conditions.
The first duty of the League of
Nations, as judicial body, is to
find some method of maintaining
order in Manchuria pending set
Element of the points in dispute.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

Jet of Water Cuts It's Way
Through Bar Of Steel in
Amazing Experiment IN G.
E. Laboratory.
A TINY jet of water such as issues
L n from a kitchen faucet can be
used, under proper conditions, to
cut through the hardest steel.
The experiment has been per-
formed at the Westinghouse re-
search laboratories in East Pitts
burgh, and is one of a number being
carried on there in study Of the
behavior of metals.
In the experiment, steel bars are
attached to the rim of a revolving
wheel so that as the wheel goes
around the steel bar passes through
the Jet of water at each revolution.
The wheel is speeded up until it is
making 10000 revolutions a minute.
In other words, the bar is travel
ing around at a speed of thirteen
and one-half miles a minute.
At this speed, the tiny jet of
water eats away the steel as a mouse
gnaws cheese. Samples of stainless
iron and nickel steel are gnawed
through in five or six minutes.
Stellite, a particularly hard steel,
lasts ten minutes. Iron nitride,
which is almost as hard as the dia-
mond, lasts twenty minutes.
The experiment is of interest TO
the Westinghouse engineers, because
it illustrates why the revolving
blades in steam turbines deteriorate.
These blades, revolving at high
speeds, knock against drops of water
which are the result of the conden-
Sation of the steam.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
There Is No War

TN this connection, there are GER
Il tain essential and well-known
facts which it were just as we'll to
keep in mind.
First, neither Japan nor China
has declared war.
Second, though regular japanese
forces are in the field, they have
been operating largely against ir-
regular Chinese forces.
Third, Japan officially has adj
mitted China's sovereignty over
Manchuria and has denied any in
tention of violating that sover-
eighty.
Fourth Japan has asserted that
her only object is to restore such
a degree Of order as will enable her
to exercise her treaty rights in
peace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
Fair and Practical

CHINA has appealed to the
~ League of Nations because of
her very heIplessness. She can not
defend her rights in Manchuria
against Japan any more than she
can defend them against the indie
pendent leaders and bandits.
China is in no position to guar
antee the maintenance of order in
Manchuria if the Japanese were to
withdraw, except she is given out
side help, or an agreement can be
reached with a majority of indie
pendent leaders.
This is the most perplexing phase
of the entire problem, but-it is one
which the League of Nations must
work out if it hopes to arrange a
peaceful settlement.
1t has been suggested that a
commission be created to study the
situation on the ground and that
an international patrol be set up if
no other way of guaranteeing order
can be found.
Both suggestions are fair, prac-
tical and constructive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16

n EWSPAPER editors are tOnd OF
IN falling back on the ancient
man, dog and bite line when they
attempt to tell inquirers the un-
DERIVING nature of headline mate
rial. But, though this definition
of Dana's often has been repeated,
it is not followed by the journalists
themselves.
For instance, I observe in cur
rent paper a two-colunn head
reading "Dr. Van Dyke passes quiet
day on his seventy-ninth birthday"
Applying the familiar formula,
this isn't new at all and should be
buried in paragraph. On the other
hand, if it were possible to an
nounce CDR. Henry Van Dyke spent
his seventy-ninth birthday touring
the night clubs of New York, &C
companied by Texas Guinan," that
would be what I should call
story.
I single out DR.. Van Dyke merely
because his quiet birthday happens
to be the current item. For years
I have deplored the emphasis
placed upon the placidity and So
briefly of the anniversary celebra-
tions of our mature citizens.
Once every twelve months we are
informed that John D. Rockefeller
made no whoopee in honor of his
natal day. and so it goes with the
rest of the veterans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
Views of Times Readers

Editor TimeS-I have read with a
good deal of interest your many
editorials and articles concerning
public utilities rates in our city and
state. I also noted in your columns
with considerable interest the
things that happened at Amarillo,
Tex, a few days ago, where the
citizens, collectively, refused to
patronize public utilities, where the
rates were not reasonable.
AS a suggestion to you, wonder
if it would not be fair proposition
to advocate the idea Of collective
bargaining" in this affair at this
time, and I think there are thou
sands and thousands of people who
could be enlisted to join an organi-
cation of that kind, who would au-
thorize some one to carry on "col-
lective bargaining with the public
utilities, with view that a fair rate
could be fixed upon the "over all"
cost of one-eighth mill.
It is VIGOROUSLY known, however,
though presumed to be an open
secret, that the lover all' cost of
public utilities is practically one
eighth of mill, whereas. the rates
charged are as high as z cents to
u cents.
If the people of this city and state
were organized into club-we will
say, a civic club-and would dele
gate their powers and authorities to
some person, or a committee of per-
sons, fully authorized and en-
powered to negotiate a rate with
the public utilities, it is my opinion
that this matter could be adjusted
amicably and speedily.
I. for one, am in favor Of this
plan and in that way we would not
be troubled with any expense Of
hearing, and the whole thing could
be organized speedily, and COM
mittee Of representatives agreed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
Fatigue of Metals

TINE behavior of metals is one of
l. the many subjects under in
vestigation by the Westinghouse re-
search laboratories.
Particular attention is being paid
to the stresses and strains which
are set up in metals when they are
made to bear weights or used as
the moving parts of machinery.
One extremely interesting phase
of the research is a study of the
phenomenon known as fatigue of
metals"
Metals seem to have a way of
behaving that is much like human
beings. They grow tired.
Thus, for example, metal part
of a machine which is capable of
standing a severe occasional load,
finally may give way and break as
the result Of a very small force
which recurs necessarily. 1t is just
as if the metal part finally grew
tired or weary and sust gave way.
A comprehensive study of the
matter is being made at the West
inghouse laboratories with the aid
of a long row of machines which
subject samples of steel and other
metals to various tests.
The samples, at various tempera-
lures, are bent, pulled, or twisted
until they break. Sometimes a sam
pie is subjected to more than TO-
100000 twists.
Another phenomena under inves-
tigation is the "creep" of metals.
This is the yielding of heated met
ais to steady heavy loads.
The metal gives under the steady
pull just as taffy or tar would give.
except that the amount of yielding
is less and takes longer to manifest
itself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
COL. HOUSE STATEMENT
Nov, Is

ON Nov. is, 1917, Colonel E. M.
~ House, chairman of the Amer
lean commission sent abroad to
consult with the allies, declared in
London that America would not be
represented on the political end of
the supreme allied war council, and
whether she would be represented
on the military end remained for
President Wilson to decide.
The French war office gave out a
statement concerning the Austro-
German offensive on the Italian
front: "The Germans have greatly
exaggerated the Importance of the
Italian defeat. The Italian ar
mics are far from being defeated.
THE Second army only has Sc
riously suffered. On the oath of
October a violent offensive of the
Germans between Prezzo and Toll
mino took the position of the
Kolovist and gained the high valleys
Of Judrio and Natisone.
ION the 25th and 26th, after the
loss of Matajur and Mont Magior,
the Second army fell back. first on
the Fagliamento and then on the
Piave. The line of the Piave is ac-
tually solidly held"
Henry Ford was appointed as
sistant general manager of the
United States Emergency Fleet
Corporation.
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Sand Tells Story

!
NNE of the experts at the West
~ inghouse laboratory working on
the subject of stresses in metals is
DR.. A. Nadai formerly of Gottingen,
Germany. He finds that steel be-
comes plastic like clay when stressed
beyond certain limits.
Or. Nadai has worked out matfe-
NAUTICAL methods of calculating the
amount of stress in various shaped
parts Of machines. He also has dem
onstrated a simpler graphic method
for arriving at the same results.
It is merely to pile sand upon the
part Of the machine. The heap Of
sand takes a form which CORE
spends to the varying stresses in the
steel
Another method used by the
Westinghouse laboratories to study
stresses in machines is to build
models of the machine parts out of
celluloid or some other transparent
material. Polarized light, that is
light which consists of vibrations in
one plane only, is passed through
the model
Wherever there are stresses or
strains in the celluloid model, the
polarized light is distorted and so
colored bands Of light appear in the
model which indicate where the
stresses and strains exist.
This method is used to study
many interesting phases of indus
trial work. For example, it can be
used to study the stresses which oc-
cur in rails under car wheels or in
crane hooks when load is picked
up.
All of the work on metals is ex-
tremely important today because Of
the new demands placed by indus
try upon metals.
Machines are growing larger and
being made to work at higher
speeds. These facts put new de-
mands upon machine parts and in
troduce new risks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
BY DIR. NORRIS FISHBEIN

6X LIN. MORhIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
DETWEEN March IL and March
1870, 1881, according to a report
by E. Garrido-Morales and o. Costa
Mondry, ten cases of typhoid fever,
one of which was fatal, developed
in the. town of Guayama, Porto
Rico.
Eight of these cases were in three
households belonging to wealthy
family and two cases occurred
among employees Of a grocery store
owned by this family.
An investigation indicated THAT
all of these cases developed from
drinking water that came from one
ciStern.
-Four of the patients affected were
male and six were female, five were
under 10 years of age, and five were
over 20 years Of age.
OF the eighteen people who ha-
bitually used the water from this
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upon. 1t is my honest opinion that
rates could be reduced to a normal
earning before Christmas.
This may not be a new sug-
gestion; however, it may not have
occurred to you lately, and very
likely would be of interest to the
public to know about it. HIM.
What is the size of a regulation
baseball diamond?
Ninety feet square.
What does the Latin phrase, "quo
vadis," mean?
Whittier goest thou?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
New ashioned Hospitality

A THOUGH I am not among
N the most ardent partisans Of
Theodore Dresser, either as a novel;
list, want to get myself on record
as saying that the court proceedings
against him in Kentucky represent
about the smallest of small potatoes.
Quite obviously the local author
tiles are endeavoring to draw a
scarlet herring across the trail of
an economic problem.
It may be that Or. Dresser is not
the most dispassionate of investi-
gators. But out Of what he heard
and saw in the coal fields enough
will stick to indict the industry and
the system under which it operates.
Without doubt the immortality
charge is the most fimsy of frame
ups.
But, even beyond that, the whole
proceeding is totally irrelevant.
The charge that Theodore Dresser,
at his age, clapped vine leaves in his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
Daily Thought

For, behold, / create new heay-
ems and a new earth: and the
former shall not come into mind.
Isaiah 66:17.
Hope ever urges on, and tells us
tomorrow will be better.-Tibullus.