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BATTLE AT LENS

May &
NN May 8, 1917, the Germans
~ launched a violent counter-at-
tack against the British lines near
Lens. This struggle was part Of
the great Battle Of Arras, which
lasted nearly z month.
Philip Gibbs, war correspondent.
colorfully describes the fighting
here as follows:
Il watched this battle of guns
from the old trenches looking across
to Lens and giving wide sweep
Of Loos TO the ground below the
sloping shoulder Of Vinay Ridge.
This ground was the storm can
ter OF the worlds war last night
just after dark, and before the com
ing OF the moon, lights rose from
the German lines.
These rockets rose high. some
Of them burned for q minute or
more and the woods and trenches
beneath them were Illuminated with
sharp white lights. One remained
hanging high over Lens like a great
star.
IAN through the night the battle
OF the guns went on and the SKY
was filled with the rush Of shells and
the moon yelled his face from this
horror which made hell on earth
But IN the little wood a nightin-
gale sang all through the night"
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HEALTH SERVICE
Body Builds Tissue From PrOteins
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN,

BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN,
Editor. Journal Of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
nROTEINS probably are the most
L important food substances. From
the proteins the body builds tissue
and takes care Of damage and re-
pair.
Before modern organic chemistry
entered the situation, it was taken
for granted that there were not
many kinds of protein.
1t now is realized that there are
numerous proteins, that no two are
alike, and that because of their
differences they vary greatly in their
ability to provide the body with MI
triton.
Gelatin is protein, but is incom-
plete in that it does not provide Ger
tain important constituents. Thus,
if one eats gelatin and supplements
it with other protein substances
which provide three other protein
constituents, he will not suffer from
nUtritional disturbances which he
does suffer when eating gelatin
alone.
The protein of milk, which is
called casein, supplies most of the
constituents called amino acids, and
therefore life can be maintained
satisfactorily far longer on a diet
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A Scientific SoUse

COMETI1AE5 you wonder whether
~ the idea of trying to be smart
has not become an obsession with
everybody.
Danish scientists induce seventy
young men to get drunk so they
might study the particular and pc
culiar effects of alcohol on different
individuals, just as though 10000
years of experience had not fur
nished more than enough evidence.
And what did they learn that any
old sot couldn't have told them?
Some Of the victims went under
fifteen minutes after taking the first
drink, while some kept their heads
more than an hour. Those who
hadn't eaten for three or four hours
were the first to become woozy. The
effect on some was to make them
ugly, while others giggled and still
others went to sleep.
If any one else had staged such
performance, we would call it just
= plain souse, but science elevate5
it to the dignity of an experiment
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consisting largely Of milk than it
could on q diet Of gelatin.
Because of the relationships of
these proteins to the maintenance
of life, they have been listed by the
biochenistS according to their bio
logic value.
Thus the proteins of milk are at
the top and those of meat follow
Immediately thereafter. The emf
nent biochenist McCollun of Johns
Hopkins found that the proteins of
kidney rank first, those Of liver
second, and those of. the muscle
meats third, in supplying the body'S
needs.
After these proteins come the
plant proteins, such as the cereal
grains, including wheat, corn, oats,
rice, peas and beans.
These substances contain the
necessary amino acids, but not in
quantities sufficient to make them
compare favorabIy with milk or
meat.
1t is obviously important to have
this knowledge in attempting to
evaluate diets. Such knowledge ex-
plains why purely vegetarian diet
is not as suitable as q mixed diet
for the vast majority Of people.
A diet Of meat alone, of milk
alone, or Of cereal grains alone
thus is not as satisfactory as q, diet
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Yellow Dogs DEPART

yellow dog contracts are on their way to join the
debtors prison and the inquisiton in a betterfor-
gotten past.
Following the debate over Judge Parker, when
thousands of folks learned about these contracts for
the FIRST time. OF sentiment against them has
swept the country.
At that time Wisconsin was the only state barring
HE yellow dog contract During the last winter and
prng. four others have joined her. Oregon Arizona
md Colorado acted first, and Governor George White
lust has affixed his signature to such law in Ohio
The case against the yellow dog" contract prob
ably never has been better stated than in the Wis
eonsin legislature which forbids it.
Laying down the broad principle that terms and
conditions OF labor should result from voluntary
agreement between employer and employees, the statute
says: Government authority has permitted and en-
couraged employers to organize in dealing with
su-a employers, the individual unorganzed worker is
:. - = exercise actual liberty Of contract and to
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A Real Tragedy

He could stand poverty and privation. He
could not stand humiliation. And so, he
killed himself in a room in poorhouse at
Evansville, where he had been taken when
he could no longer support himself.
That is the story of man once known
as the best furniture salesman in the state,
a man whose kindly smile, knowledge of his
job and personality helped to build an indus
try in that city.
Came age, broken bank, the loss of saw
ings and with it the physical ailments that
come with the years. He tried up to the last
to earn his own living. But in these times
it proved too hard job and so, his money
gone, his relatives dead, there seemed to be
no place for him but that Elizabethan insti-
tuition cover the hill"
On his very first day he preferred death
to the long years of institutional life, brand
ed and set apart as just another inmate.
Those who assassinated the old-age pen
sion measure after it had been passed by
the legislature, through insistence of the
Eagles lodge and humanitarians generally,
might read this item and reflect. They may
revise their estimates of "doles"
They might with profit to themselves and
to the state look into the stark eyes of the
man whose crime was that he was old and
penniless and learn lesson of mans inhu-
mainly to man.
They even might be converted to a sys-
tenn which does not drive men mad with the
horror of almshouse life and to self-inficted
death rather than the disgrace and n1onot-
ony of such existence.
That may be too much to expect. But
some day there will be men or man in the
statehouse who can pity old men and old
women and who will permit the people to
write laws that are kind.
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containing some or all of these i'm
pertant substances.
There are certain diseases IN
which it has been urged that high
protein diet is dangerous, and I'M
doubtedly under some circumstances
it may be.
However, in the vast majority Of
cases, the human being hardly can
eat a sufficient amount Of proteinS
to throw too great a burden on his
heart, his liver or his kidneys.
If the diet is a mixed diet and
contains some of all the important
food, the amount of protein prob
ably will not be excessive.
M'Lester, in a recent considera-
ton Of nutrition and diet, con-
cIudes that man must eat liberal
quantity of good protein in order
to take care of his body's needs.
BY a liberal quantity he means at
least 100 grams daily, which is ap-
proximately one-ffth of a pound
1t must be borne in mind that few
substances are pure protein. Of this
nature is egg white.
Thus an ordinary glass of milk
would weigh 220 grams, of which
1911 would be water and only seven
grams protein.
These seven grams would repre-
sent in the total daily demand ap-
proXimately one-fourteenth.
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- II n CnNT Dv FREDERICK
ANA<A ANIL lands

Z ME other day Mrs. Hoover took Bryan Untiedt
Il the boy guest from Colorado, to the national
geological gardens but it would have been greater
thrill if they had him come when congress was in
session and let him behold all the different kinds of
Republicans and Democrats.
cable from Berlin states that Professor Einsten
thinks Of spending his future winters in California
which VIII be most notifying to the go-getters of
the state Of Florida.
It's now up to them to counter by landing the
late King Alfonso.
There's lot Of promise in the activity of the fed
eral law enforcement machinery in Chicago, which
just has arrested twenty three leading gangsters for
being engaged in the booze business, but what has
paralyzed the federal arm all these years?
TWO women have been temporarily accented as
L jurors in the Kirkland case at Valparaiso
Those who are in favor Of 'womans rights" re-
greet the placing of women on juries in cases where
the testimony 50 insanary that jurors ought be
supplied with gas masks.
By taking her life in her hand and remaining
by the bedside Of her son, Crown Prince Michael,
Helene of RUmania proves that she is something far
greater tnan mere queen-a real mother.
The Reno divorce court is handing out DEGREES
with lightning rapidly.
America is the land where divorce case is tried
in five MINUTES and murder case in five years.
How much better it would be if this condition was
reversed
ITALY and France are again at swords points. This
trouble would be settled in Ave minutes if Premers
Mussoni and BRAND had to do the actual fighting,
instead Of passing the buck to the innocent bystand
ers of their countries.
OF course it is important to remove this cataract
frm the eye Of the king of SIAM but what this world
needs operation on the leading rulers Of Europe
which would enable them to century Of peace in
stead Of constantly vsualizng "the next war"
II two OF the best men in any neighborhood con-
stantly think and talk about fighting each other they
viii clash sure as fate, and is the same proposition
with nations, which are only bundles Of men.
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Times Readers Voice Their Views

in black mustard and kale this
spring. 1t would be a great benefit,
as there is great need for some
thing to be done. A. ALLEN.
1905 Southeastern avenue.
Editor Times-Your slogan, "Give
the people light and they will find
their own way" isn't so good. Have
you ever heard Of too much light
binding people? Have you ever come
face to face with some ones lights
On the road at night? What do they
Go TO you? That's what you are do
ing to the people in regard to pro-
hibition.
Why not print some dry propa-
ganda once in while? There are
loads Of it. Good, hard substantial
facts. too. Why do you excuse peo-
pie for breaking the prohibition law
and condemn them for breaking
other laws7 IF We get rid Of the
eighteenth amendment, let's throw
out the whole constitution.
Mrs. G. r. DAVIS.
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An Old Problem

A S long ago as twenty centuries.
IN the astronomers of ancient
Rome discovered that the motions
Of the moon were extremely irregu-
lar.
Ever since that time, the most
famous astronomers Of the world
have sought to understand those ir-
regularities.
The modern study Of the moons
motions dates from the day of Sir
Isaac Newton, when that great
genius showed that it was gravity
which kept the moon in its orbit.
But no one succeeded in writing
a mathematical formula which took
into consideration all the irregu-
larities and made it possible to fore
cast the moons future positions with
a high degree of accuracy until
Brown tackled the problem.
The Encyclopedia Britannica.
which is not given to over-enthusi-
asm, says that his work may be re-
garded not only as the last word on
the subject, but as eabodying a
seemingly complete and satisfactory
solution of a problem which has
absorbed an important part of the
energies of mathematical astrono-
mers since the time Of Hipparchcus."
In working out his tables, Brown
had to take into account all the
factors which disturb the moons
motions. There is the fact that
the moons orbit is an ellipse and
not a circle. Next there is the fact
that the earths orbit is an ellipse
also. This means that the suns in
fuence upon the moon varies with
the distance Of the earth from the
sun.
Other variations are introduced
by the shape Of the earth, by the
influence of the other planets, and
by many other factors.
The size Of the task which Or.
Brown accomplished can be realized
from the fact that it took him forty
years to work out his tables Of tho
moon.
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VIM Not All Of us2

IF aliens should be compelled to
L take the oath ito bear ARM"
as requisite of citizenship in this
country, why not the native born?
On the other hand, if such oath
is not required of the native born,
why should it be required Of aliens?
Outside the fact that no alien
can become President of the United
States, citizenship means exactly the
same thing whether acquired by
birth or by naturalization.
Just as every native-borA Ameri-
can has the right to become a pa
ciflst or a conscientious objector at
any time, the naturalized alien can
do so fifteen minutes after taking
the oath of allegiance.
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One Fish and Others

DUT Ham and Fish and others
ID who take such phrases literally
do no understand the enormous
amount Of vicarious release by
which man lives. There is perhaps
just as much satisfaction in shak-
ing your fist at tryant as punch
ing him in the nose.
If Fish were a far more sfrewd
psychologist he would join those
who encourage the spread Of what
is known as revolutionary propa-
ganda.
The man who makes the most
ardent threats happens to be also
the individual who dissipates his
energy in talk. He goes home to
sausageS and cabbage, quite content
with the fact that in fantasy he has
pulled down the SNUG and tramped
across their faces.
The whole truth Of the matter is
that the real revolutionist seems to
his critics a much nilder person.
(Copyrirht 1881 by The Times)
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Reed of Harvard

THE Communist whom knew
4 best was John Reed. He was in
my class at college, and saw quite
q, lot Of him in a small course in
English composition headed by Pro-
lessor Copeland.
In the year 1909 it would have
taken somebody with prophetic
vision to predict that Jack Reed
would come to be the first Com
munist martyr out of America.
He lacked entirely the traditional
alliance with the working class.
In Harvard he was socially popu-
lar and lived in the fringe Of the
more expensive dorrnitories, known
as "Tne Gold Coast"
But, though I was no prophet, I
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New timetables

NEANY a man would have re-
1VA garded the successful cul-
mination Of forty years work as the
signal to sit back and enjoy a WE'LL
earned rest. But not DR.. Brown.
The pastime Of making celestial
time tables apparently had become
a habit with DR.. Brown. And so a
few years ago he decided to make
q study Of the motions Of the eighth
and nintht satellites of Jupiter
Jupiter, unlike our earth which
has but one moon, boasts a collec-
ton of no less than nine. Four Of
these were discovered by Calico
and are within the reach Of any
small telescope.
The other five are more difficult
to find because of their small size
and resulting faintness. The eighth
and ninth can be picked up only
with the greatest difficulty and only
with the very largest telescopes:
The exact orbits Of these last two
moons are not known and, as a re-
suit, astronomers frequently lose
track Of them, finding them again
only with the greatest difficulty.
Accordingly, Dr.. Brown decided
to tackle the problem Of their
motions, so that timetables, Show
ing astronomers when and where
to look for them at any future date,
could be worked cut.
1t took Dr.. Brown forty years to
finish the equations for our own
moon. He hopes to finish with the
eighth satellite Of Jupiter in a few
years, however. Then he will tackle
the ninth satellite
He admits that the ninth will be
a longer job than the eighth, but
hopes to get it done, nevertheless,
in less than another forty years.
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Hurt the Innocent

TKTHETHER we're promoting the
w proper kind Of patriotism by
ell the requirements and regula-
tons in regard to citizenship for
aliens, we are causing a lot OF
trouble for innocent people, now
and then.
Here is Mrs. Emma Dent Uhler,
mother of q fve-months-old baby,
whom the immigration authorities
won't admit because she was bern
in Canada and whom the Canadian
authorities won't allow to remain in
Canada because she married an
American.
Now what great, constructive pur-
pose is either serving?
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Court Turns Social

MAGISTRATE COLDSTEIN o.
IVA New York makes some peril
nent observations in the Law
Journal"
Nest of the cases that come be-
fore him. he says, are social rather
than legal.
He fnds himself handling more
human beings in one day than does
. court of general sessions, or the
supreme court, in one month.
1.-THE issue is handling, or man
handling" he remarks.
When he sat in the traffic court
he found 500 defendants all sum-
rohed for $50 in the morning,
though the courtroom had only 1S9
seats.
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responsibility which the nation
owed to them. And 7 quite agreed
with all he said.
But suddenly he shot his right
fist out and cried, Put us in power,
and in five years we'll wiring your
necks!"
The group which listened was
composed largely Of his own adher-
ents, and I suppose that the threat
was intended for a circle in the big
buildings which surround Union
square. But there was in this ex-
clan1ation something characteristic.
I believe an analyst could find in
the Communist drive those sadistic
roots which all of us possess. 1t
doesn't matter very much whose
neck is to be wrung.
The mere grip Of hand and fin
gers is sufficient for all vino feel
that they live in a world which
either ignores or rides upon them.
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Do sweet potato vines bear
flowers?
IN the extreme south, sweet po-
tatoes blossom, especially in Flor
ida and the lower Gulf region. In
the Virgin islands they flower pro-
fusely. The flowers resemble the
morning glory, but are much small
err. They flower about midsummer
How many breTeries were in I'LL
rols, MinneSota and New York in
1918?
Illinois had s.; Minnesota, 81, and
New York, ia.
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SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

ID / LA l. 4lAL q
Yale Professor Is Greatest
Authority on Motions Of
the Moon.
THE man who controls the mo-
/ tons Of the moon. That IS the
title which astronomers facetlously
confer upon Professor z. ". Brown
Of Yale university.
There is another title, however,
which they give him IN al serious
ness. namely: The worlds chief
authority upon the motions OF the
moon.
That's how the first title came
into existence. Brown knew so much
about the motions of the moon that
it was said that the only explana-
ton was that he controlled the
moons actions.
To the facetious remarks Of his
colleagues, Brown replies with
quiet smile that is as typically Eng
lish as his accent or his baggy
tweeds.
Brown is tall and thin and wears
mustache Of the typical British
sort, sometimes known as a "walrus
mustache." He jokes about his &C
cent, and tells, how when he first
taught at Yale, he didn't seem to
make much Roadway with his stu
dents.
Il asked them whether they had
difficulty in following my mathe-
MATES" he tells with a smile. THE
reply was: We can understand your
mathematics al right; we can't un-
derStand your English"
Brown was born in Hull, England,
on Nov %, 1866. He was educated
at Christ's college OF the University
of Cambridge. He has been on the
faculty of Yale university since 1907.
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Daily Thought

And a curse, if We viii not obey
the commandments of the Lord
ycur God, but turn aside out of
the way which 1 command you
this day, to go after other gods,
which We have not knoEn.-Deu-
teronony 11:2S.
Wherever there IS authority, there
is q natural inclination TO djsobsdi-
ence. Halliburton.
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The MiIIenniaI HereSy

DUT the appeal lies in immediate
D promises. The I. w. w. was
fond Of making fun of evangelists,
who promised to the downtrodden
pie in the skies"
Nevertheless, it seems to me that
this sort of nlillennial thinking is
active in the ranks Of those who
promise a nearby replica of Russia
in the United States, though they
boast that their political PHILOSOPHY
is the most realistic Of any now ex-
tant.
It seems to me that they blink
rapidly over hard facts.
There is, as I have said, certain
FreUdian significance in their ora
tory and arguments. 7 moved into
the center of group standing close
to Communist orator.
And a newspaperman on the
fringe said: you'd better not go in
there. If you get recognized, they
might maui you around. They don't
like Socialists"
was aware of that fact And
yet it seemed to me unlikely that
anybody would modest me, because
a gun lies between Communist pro-
teStations and Communist perform
ances.
To be fair about it, all radical
speeches are fiery beyond the an
ticipation of the orator.
I listened to young man talk.
and he told us Of the millions Of
unemployed in America and of the
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long way toward paying the soldiers
compensation loan.
Liquor has been made and con-
sumed since the beginning Of time,
and there is no doubt in my mind
that it will be until the end Of time.
Sol NJ. Click says to repeal all laws
I will not agree with Mr.. Click be-
cause prohibition has made criminals
out Of many young men and young
women and Mr.. Click will not have
to go out Of Indiana to see that I
am right.
I suppose some will say I am
drinker, and others that I'm crazy,
but I am for amendment Of the
eighteenth amendment. I am a
lover Of liberty and justice. I be-
lieve in upholding all just and hon.
est laws and the Constitution.
.. D. POWELL,
Monticello, Va.
Editor TimeS-I think the thing
for Mr.. Sullivan, our mayor, TO do
for the poor IS To SOW vacant lots
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Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
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AS Bryan Untiedt watched Mr. Hoover sweat
through medicine ball session at the White House
recently he must have said to himself It'd rather be
light than President"
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Hoover Travelled to Cape Henry, Virginia, to honor
the landing of John Smith. The fact he got wet
there indicates he might have got John all mixed UP
with Al
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Walter Hanlpden, stage star. called New York
critics short-sghted when they gave unfavorable re-
views Of his performance. That's not the way to act,
Walter.