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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

known now to be the active sub
stance of the cortex of the supra
renal gland, a substance therefore
called cortin.
The use of this substance in cases
of Addison's disease prevents the
development of the disease and
maintains life. Some of the earlier
studies were made by DR.. F. H.
Hartman of the University of Buff
falo and Drs. Rogof and Stewart of
the western Reserve university
school of medicine in Cleveland.
DR.. Hartman obtained a potent
substance from the cortex of the
adrenal gland, also near the kid
ney. When this substance was in
jected into cats whose sdrenal
glands had been removed, the cats
survived for thirty days or longer
as compared with five days of life
for cats whose adrenal glands were
removed, but which did not receive
cortin.
Rogof and Stewart in Cleveland,
by the use of a similar cortex ex-
tract, were able to prolong the lives
of their animals for considerable
periods of time. They also reported
beneficial results from the use of
their extract in a small series of
cases of Addison's disease.
In March, 1880, however, Drs. W..
w. Swingle and j. J. Pfiffler of
Princeton university announced that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23

they had prepared an extract of
the contents of the suprarenal
gland which would maintain in
definitely the lives Of cats whose
adrenal glands had been removed.
They also were able to revive ami
mails that were on the verge of
death from lack of suprarenal It's
sue, restoring them to an appar-
emily normal condition and keep
ing them in this condition by daily
injections.
Finally, in January, 1881, DR.. l..
G.. RoWntree and other physicians
of the Mayo clinic reported the use
of the Suprarenal extract in seven
cases of Addisons disease, in all
of which there had been success in
maintaining life.
Following the injection of this
extract the appetite reappears to
the point of hunger, the patients
gain weight, feel well an become
able to walk and to exercise and
are greatly improved.
Thus far the preparation called
cortin is a laboratory preparation.
Manufacturers of laboratory prod
ucts for general use have been work.
ing on the subject, but the prep
aration is not yet generally COM
mercially available. It's value is so
apparent that manufacturers will,
no doubt, soon have the product for
general use.
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1T SEEMS TO ME BY HR ERoTJS

ing to the teeth or Whereabouts we
complete the vicious circle.
Somewhere a beginning must be
made. If a single great power could
give convincing testimony of its
pacific intentions, that might run
all along the line.
1t is perfectly useless to declare
in speeches and even in treaties
that we have no hostile intentions
against other lands. The sound of
hammers On armor plate will drown
out even the most eloquent of words.
Some grain of hope arises in the
mutiny in the British navy. If i'm
perialistic England can be con-
vinced that her ships may consti-
tute a menace to the status quo
rather than protection we soon
may hear less of the necessity of
ruling the waves.
Fear afflicts both France and
Germany. And the only way
know to allay this terror which
freezes the welfare of the world is
for us all to join in a concerted
shout of Drop your weapons!"
If they can not all shout it at
precisely the same second, would
like to see America pick up the
megaphone and take the initiative
as cheer leader.
Copyright. 1881. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23
Peoples Voice

Editor Tirnes-Habeas corpus is
the law of personal liberty intended
as protection from encroachment
upon liberty from any source, equal
ly as well as from unauthorized acts
OF courts. 1t is not for any court
to determine when danger is so
great as to render the writ of right
expedient. Only the legislature can
authorize its suspension. In extreme
emergencies, we part with our lib
erty to preserve it forever. To de-
ny the writ is a suspension of it.
No graver question could be con-
sidered nor one which more nearly
concerns the people, For by the
protection of the laws. human rights
are secured. Suspend that protec-
ton and we are at the mercy of the
wicked. HabeaS corpus is necessary
because oppression does not always
arise from the i'll nature, but some
times from the mere inattention,
Of courts. CITIZEN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23

T AM amazed and also chagrined
L to read of the public bridge
demonstration held the other day at
the Hotel Roosevelt. The bidding
and the play of the contending con-
tract teams we're illustrated on a
huge Scoreboard. But it was not
this innovation which filed me with
frustrated longing. Admission was
charged, and 500 kibitzers paid 81
each to watch the game.
I am not good at mental arith-
metic. But even the most casual
calculation impressed me with the
fact of how much money I have
lost in the last twenty years by
allowing kibitzers to watch me at
poker free of charge.
Probably in the course of this
span, thousands of men and wom-
en- have not only sat behind me,
but even gone so far as to put one
foot on the round of the chair. Not
being Superstitious, I am allowing
only a few hundred dollars for this
most evil omen in any form of
gambling.
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Just as Pulling
THE world still is a big place. toc

THE world still is a big place, too,
Il even though men have girdled
it in nine days and pried into most
OF its secret corners.
We're an ambitious breed, how
ever, wanting to fathom the depths
Of creation, though incapable of
unraveling many snarl right in
our own dooryards.
Eight distinguished savants will
debate "The Evolution of the Uni
verse" next Tuesday before the
British Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science.
They will present some fascinat-
ing theories, but when they get all
through, they will fall back on the
same simple propositions that
puzzled primitive men and that are
just as puzzling to us of the twen-
tieth century.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23
Petroleum Limited

TNHE coal situation is one of th,
Il worlds greatest puzzles. At
the present time, much of the
worlds economic woes are due to
the difficulties of the coal industry.
Many economists aScribe England's
troubles in great part to that cause.
ana yet, coal is the great hope
OF the future. The present period
is sometimes spoken of as the Age
OF Petroleum. But most authorities
are agreed that it won't merit that
Title Tor any great length of time.
All authorities are agreed that the
worlds supply of petroleum is going
to give out at some not very dis
tant date.
That date has been postponed by
the development of cracking and
INCORPORATION processes, processes
by which heavy components of
petroleum are changed into gaso-
line.
But even so, the end is bound to
come. Some authorities say that
the worlds supply of petroleum will
give out in twenty years
Various substitutes have been
suggested. 1t has been suggested
many times that the great deposits
OF oil shale could be used.
In various parts of the world
there are great deposits of rock
known as oil shale. These consist
OF Shale rock soaked with a wax
like material called kerogen which
when heated changes into oil.
Colorado and Utah possess noun
tainS of it. Indiana alone is be-
lieved to contain $50 billion tons
of it. The production of oil from
this rock is not profitable at the
present time but may become SO
when petroleum gives out or when
some new process is invented.
1t also has been suggested that
motors could be made to run on al
cohol. Alcohol can be produced
from a great variety of substances
including grain, sugars, various
tropical plants and even sawdust.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23
Coal Offers Hope
TINE worlds greatest hope. he

TINE worlds greatest hope, how
Il ever, lies in the manufacture
of gasoline from coal. A number
of processes have been developed so
far, the most promising one being
the Bergius process. This was de-
veloped by Professor Friedrich Ber-
gius of Heidelberg, Germany, as the
result of long series of researches
begun in 1912.
Bituminous coal contains carbon
and hydrogen in the ratio of 16 to l.
In petroleum, the average ratio of
carbon to hydrogen is 8 to 1.
The problem Of converting coal
into oil, therefore resolves itself in
to the problem of doubling its hy-
drogen content.
In the Bergius process, the coal is
ground to powder and mixed with
a small amount Of heavy oil.
Special pumps then pump this
mixture and hydrogen gas into great
steel drums with pressure of 5000
pounds to the square inch.
The drums are kept at a tenn
perature between 300 and $50 de-
grees, centigrade. The temperature
and pressure cause the coal and
hydrogen to react with each other.
forming lighter hydrocarbons SINH
lar to those in petroleum.
A ton of coal produces forty-f1ve
gallons of gasoline in addition to. a
larger quantity of heavier oils suit
able for Diesel engines, still heavier
fuel and lubricating oils. and some
ammonia and carbolic acid.
The worlds supply of coal, &C
cording to an estimate of the in
ternational geological congress, is
almost $500, 900, 100000 tons. Of
this amount, about half is contained
in the United States.
Authorities estimate that the sup
ply Of coal in the United States is
sufficient for the next 1000 years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23
The Great Farce

NOTHING has contributed more
IN to discomfort in this country
than the apparent inability of po-
litical leaders to cope with the
prohibition problem, unless it is
their equally apparent unwilling
ness to let the public express itself.
Prohibition is the most widely
discussed issue in America, yet at
the time when we are approaching
national election, the majority of
those who exercise influence over
political affairs appears determined
to keep it out of the party conven-
lions and party platforms if pos
Sible.
One wonders how much longer
the farce can last.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23

A~AtVA VA VIC
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.
MORE than seventy-five years
4Vx ago the English physician, Adj
olson, described the disease which
bears his name as clinical entity.
Shortly thereafter the French in
vestigator, Brown Sequard, proved
that removal of superarenaI glands,
situated near the kidneys, was in
compatible with life.
Some thirty-f1ve year ago, Brit
ish Psychologists found within these
glands a substance which was aSso-
ciated with marked blood pressure
raising effects. This substance was
later isolated and is now commonly
known as epenephrine, or adrenalin.
Promptly it was shown, however,
that this was not the indispensable
substance in the suprarenal glands.
Large doses failed to prevent the de-
velopment of Addison's disease.
Within recent years evidence ac-
cumulated in various laboratories
led to the development of what is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23
Might Get the Idea

CONFRONTED by a threat OF
~ war with Japan, faction-ridden
China seems inclined to quit her
fratricidal back -stabbing.
It's the old story of a common
enemy making common cause, but
what if the common enemy fails to
materialize?
The factions probably would re-
sumo business right where they left
off, which makes it hard to decide
whether war would be such an I'M
mixed calamity for China at this
precise moment.
The chances are that she would
be defeated quickly. But even so,
she might get the idea of strength
through union.
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NJ. E. Tracy

We Had Little Difficulty Get
ting 100000 900, 900 for
War, but We're Having an
AwfuI Time Getting One
Billion for Work.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-Fate
In certainly has been kind to
transoceanic fiierE this season.
First, Moyle and Allen are dis
covered on lonely isle in the
North Pacific, long after they had
been given up for lost, and now
those three lads who set out from
Lisbon ten days ago, and who last
we're reported off Cape Race, are
snatched from death in an equally
thrilling and unexpected way.
They were close to land and glory
when things went wrong. Within
an hour or two, had the engine kept
running, but, oh, so far, when it
stopped.
A week they chung to the wrecked
plane, with dozens of ships on the
lookout, but they only saw one, and
she did not see them.
The sea still is a big, big place,
even close to shore.
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47q1AkF lB1 Tt4eH
IAMN(VER$ARYI
GERM PLOT DISCOVERED

GERM PLOT DISCOVERED
Sept. %
ON Sept. %. 1917, Secretary of
~ State Lansing charged that
German secret agents had intro
duced into Rumania (Which still
was neutraD packages containing
explosives powerful enough to wreck
public works, and walls containing
deadly microbes to start terrible cpl
denies in the country.
The box containing the walls Of
disease germs bore the seal of the
German consulate at Kronstadt, he
said. Inside the box, above a layer
of cotton wool. he announced that
the following note in German was
found:
Enclosed four bottles for horses and
four for cattle. Utilization as for
merly stipulated. Each phial suffi~
ces for 200 head.
IF possible, to be administered
directly into the animals mouths,
otherwise into their fodder. We ask
for small report about the sue
cesses obtained there, and in case
Of good results the presence for one
day Of M. &. would be required"
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No Practical Remedy

MO more can we think of any
IN practical scheme to separate
liquor revenue from organized
crime.
We're going to be moral, by heck,
if it makes a millionaire of every
bootlegger in the country and Gre
ates racket in every line of bust
ness.
We know that the stuff is being
bought and sold everywhere, that
gangsters not only are making huge
fortunes out of it, but building up
formidable organizations, that huge
profits are finding lodgment in the
worst possible hands, that the
whole setup is financing an anti
social group, but we seem unable
to devise any practical remedy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23
Just Take a Look

TT doesn't take a universe to stump
l. poor little man. Look at the
Manchurian mixup, which may
mean much, or nothing; the wheat
surplus, which we seem unable to
connect with empty stomachs; the
Ceilings murder case, which still
ranks as f1rst-claSS mystery, in
spite of all the prying and prod
ding; the gold standard, which most
people supposed had been riveted
into our economic structure for
keeps, and prohibition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

Worlds Supply of Petroleum
May GiUe ont in Ta0enty
Years; Coal Is Greatest
Hope of Future.
THE Third international Con-
Il ference on Bituminous Coal is
to be held at the Carnegie Institute
of Technology. Pittsburgh, from
Nov. is to 81, according to an an
nouncement by DR.. Thomas S.
Baker, president of the institute.
Representatives from Austria,
Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia,
England, France, Germany, Italy,
the Netherlands. Poland, Rumania.
Soviet Russia, Spain, Sweden.
Switzerland, and South Africa, will
attend the conference.
Past conferences have dealth al
most entirely with the scientific
aspects of the coal industry. This
years conference will look into the
economic side Of the question as
well.
although in comparison with the
previous meetings, the scientific
program next November will be of
equal, perhaps greater, Importance,
1t is impossible to discuss coal at the
present time without reference to
the economic aspects of the indus
try" DR.. Baker says.
Therefore the various processes
that will be presented will deal very
definitely with economies and less
with theoretical questions. There
VIII be certain number of papers
that will be solely economic in
character"
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It's Nice Comparison

IF China should be drawn into
Il war, a way probably would be
found to loan her that surplus silver
with which to buy powder and shot.
Strange how our ingenuity and
generosity appear to thrive on con-
flict.
We experienced little difficulty in
raising 100000, 100000 for war, but
we're having an awful time getting
one or two billion for work.
AS to the surplus silver, we Just
can't seem TO think of any way by
which China could get it to buy
surplus wheat, though millions of
her people are starving, while our
elevators are m-jam full.
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close to the chest. And on such &C.
casions it would be only reasonable
to put the kibitzers in the cut rates.
Yet even these returns from Leb-
lang's would amount to a great deal
more than any kibitzer ever has
contributed to any game in a f1nan-
cial way up to now. am not refer-
ring, of course, to the entertaining
quality of these amateur advisers.
But I don't see why I should refer
to that. Eight cents would approx
matelY cover that charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23
A Swell Racket

DUT suppose had charged as lit
II tie as Is cents a night to each
personal spectator! And there have
been evenings when I think the ma
ture of the play warranted an even
higher charge. The mind reels at
the possibilities.
Perhaps on certain nights tickets
for the Thanatopsis could be OBJ
tanned only at Newman's, McBride's
or Tyson's for a terrific premium.
Of course, there have been dull ses-
sions, when all the cards were held
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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.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23
HEALTH SERVICE
COrtin RetardS AddiSOn'S Disease

This is the last of series of two ar
ticles by DR. Morris Fishbein on Addi-
sons Disease. which recently has at
tracted widespread attention because of
the promise of a means of producing
cOrtin extract, used for the relief of this
strange malady, in larger quantities than
heretofore
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23
Questions and
Answers

When did James Oliver Curwood,
the author, die?
Aug. Is, 1927.
OF what church Is Governor
Richie of Maryland a member?
Protestant Episcopal.
What is the total world production
of wheat?
In 1880 the total was 4,2O1, 00O,-
900 bushels.
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Adding Fuel to Flame

NETTING back to the woes of
NJ the world-and they are hardly
to be avoided at the moment
have feeling that many editorial
writer's have cracked under the
strain. read exhortations to Amer
lea which sound to me like sheer
insanity.
Consider, for instance, the violent
campaign being waged right now by
the Hearst papers and the Patter-
son papers in favor of increased
armament. They howl in horror at
any suggestion of a naval holiday.
And the argument of the prepared
ness people runs like this:
The world is full of rancor and
hatred. All the nations Of Europe
are suspicious of one another. This
is no time to limit warlike safe
guards. we must meet this worried
and finder world with show of
force.
Now, that seems to me precisely
as if surgeon should say: Here
is man whose body is brutally
burned. I suggest that we put a
mustard plaster on each abrasion"
After all, if the world is filed
with hate and suspicion now-and
I hardly will deny that fail to
see how those emotions can be les
sened by the rafting of the saber
upon anybody's part. I viii be told,
of course, that our army and our
navy are to be used solely for de-
Tense and never for aggressive ac-
ton. But how can We expect the
rest of the world to believe that?
Frankly, why should we expect
the rest of the world to be sure
Of our disinterestedness? 1t has
not been so in the past. We have
hoped upon the unprepared and
unoffending. We fought a war
against Spain upon grounds which
turn out to have been wholly
mythical.
Again and again we have sent
armed forces into Central American
countries. We landed marines at
Vera Cruz over the most petty of
international incidents. And upon
one occasion American soldiers
fought in Siberia for reasons not
explained then and still wholly
mysterious.
We Need a New Panacea
A S the great creditor nation of
IN the world it is no more than
natural for foreigners to assume
that our cruisers and battleships
may be used as collection agents.
Worst of al, If We insist on arm
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23
Daily Thought

Prove all things; hold fast to
that which is gOod.-ThessaIoni-
ans 5:21.
This is a proof of well-trained
mind, to rejoice in what is good and
to grieve at the opposite.-Cicero.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23
Costly Economy

There has been reductions of teachers salaries in
some localities. School boards in places have rec
commended reductions in expenditures for schools The
depression, they say, is the cause.
Before now have pointed to the utter fallacy
of attempting to economic in school expenditures OF
the false economy of any reductions in pay, particu-
larly the pay of teachers.
If there are not sufficient cultural social and
educational reasons against such senseless "econo-
mies-and we believe there are-those in charge of
school finances should heed what Commissioner Will
liam John Cooper of the United States office of edu-
cation has to say.
American states" says Cooper, which rank
highest in education also take the lead in per capita
wealth and show greater per capita purchasing
power"
He has made comparative studies to demonstrate
that education is boon to business because it in
PRODUCES higher standards of living and increases
trade.
That prisoner who sawed his way out of the
Philadelphia Jail as his comrades sang to drown the
noise probably proceeded bar by bar.
The depression hasn't hit colleges yet. They can
pay as much this season as last for a full back
growing cotton. Whatn we do for wooden underwear
next winter?
Anyway, the depression has hit the working man
with everything but the lunch pail
Jimmy Walker threw a party for officials in
CzechoSlovakia His Czechs were probably equal to it,
Flat Broke is mans name out in Arizona Might
be anybody's nowadays.
Recent governmental upsets in Great Britain
indicate the country does not like to place all it's
eggs in one cabinet.
A geological explorer just has returned from Cen
trail America with the that you can't catch ma
laria from monkey. Well, who wants to catch
malaria from monkey, anyway?
Never cross bridge partner until you are sure
of her disposition
Business may be poor, but these are boom days
for philosophy.
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How Is the name Della pro-
nOunced and what does it mean?
It is. pronounced "deel-yah." It is
an Irish name meaning shining or
bright.
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That prisoner who sawed his way out of the
Philadelphia Jail his comrades sang to drown the
noise probably proceeded bar by bar.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23

Governor Huey Long wants to legislate against
growing cotton. Whatu we do for wooden underwear
next winter?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23

The depression hasn't hit colleges yet. They can
pay as much this season as last for full back
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23

Anyway, the depression has hit the working man
with everything but the lunch pail
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Jimmy Walker threw a party for officials in
Czecho-Slovaka. His Czechs probably equal to it,