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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-10

The head glands Of the worm
secrete the substances which In
terferes with coagulation Of the
blood. The worm feeds largely on
blood, and although any one worm
may not take very much, hundreds
and thousands, taking small guam
titles over q long period Of time
produce . severe anenia, interfere
with nutrition and growth, and de-
lay both the physical and mental
development Of the individual who
may be infested.
Hence, when Nookworm disease
first was given publicity, 1t was
called the condition that produced
lazineSS.
In practically every case Of hook
worm disease, the person concerned
has been going around barefoot and
has developed the condition called
ground itch.
II there have been many worms
to invade the feet, the worms will
be found covered with little blfSters
which are broken by scratching and
rubbing.
The serious symptoms Of the dis
ease are all the result Of the anernis
from loss Of blood.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-10
George Otis Smith

Whether President Hoover wins or loses in the
court proceedings over his power commissiea chair
man George Otis Smith, he Is certain to win
temporary victory, at least, the wider issue In
volved the existence OF which he is pleased to deny
So far as enforcement of the federal water power
act is concerned-And we still believe this is the
President Hoover has the upper hand.
II Smith is removed from the commission, he
win not be removed for months, perhaps for year.
In the meantime he can exercise all the functions
of chairman, and his acts will be binding in spite
of his reputation by the senate.
he Is removed from once by the courts, It stin
VIII be Hoovers privilege to his successor. And
II the President picks whose views on power
and enforcement are similar TO those Of Smith,
or Hoover's first choice for the place. Edgar Jadw1n
there is little the senate do about it. provided
the mans past record does not clearly reveal cir
cuusstanees uniting him for Office.
Smith should be oIsted during the recess of
congress- Hoover would be able to make q recess
appointment and turn over administration of the
power act to his new choice for time, at least
Of the President the senate is correct in demanding
that Smith be removed from ONCE.
In the first plae the senate IL clearly in the rieht
in this matter and that alone is reason for lighting
Il has taken the only way open to it to register the
PEOPLES edict at the polls last November-an edct
in behalf Of public regulation Of power companies.
When Smith took me lead in dismissing from ONCE
the TIVE members Of the power commission star VINO
had performed the obvious duty Of enforcing the
u
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-10
Be Wary of Secrets

THE trouble with the Butler case
L seems to have originated In
putting the show before everything
else.
Couldn't think Of anything but
grand stand play when Mussolini
beloved.
An abject apology wasn't enough.
Only a court-martial would satisfy
the situation.
. A nights sleep and there didn't
seem to be much sense In q court
martial, just as there wasn't In the
first place.
General Butler merely made the
mistake Of passing on some infor-
nation which had been given him
with the "I'll tell you, but you
mustn't tell" proViso.
That kind Of information always
Is dangerous, even Il, true.
Never repeat anything which
comes to you with the warning that
1t won't stand daylight. If the
fellow who got 1t first doesn't dare
spill 1t, rest assured that It is I'M
safe.
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the conductor opened the door with.
out ceremony to announce in ar
awed voice that we were about To
pass through the gorge Of some
river whose name I can not remem-
Der.
All the winners turned nature low
erS on the instant and manifested
an eagerneSs to shove the chips and
cards aside to view the wonders
which Providence had created.
Up then spoke Bill McNutt, who
sat nearest the door and weighed
far more than anybody else in the
party. Luck had not been with Mr..
MeNutt and he exclaimed savagely
ITO he'll with the gorgeI"
Ny seat was rtght-hand man to
him, and he topped me only . little
in gross tonnage. Il was the bad
side Of the table. ! hadn't filled any
fiushes, either.
So With just as much vehe1nence,
but less profanity, I added, Let's
not bother about the gorge"
Between us we SQuarely blocked
the exit, so no one In that party
was able TO catch more than a pass
ing window glimpse Of the high
rocks and the raging torrent. We
made them keep on dealing white
the world wondered.
And so have no faith that now,
at my age, I viii turn descriptive.
But I have an interest In people
and how they work from inside.
And If ind that human beings
are very different IN Tucson or San
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-10
Annoying Children

Why do children annoy their perents7
Dr. Mandel Sherman director Of the child re-
search center, says there are 2,124 ways in which
children annoy their parents and that the greatest
number of annoyances were caused by disobedience.
Some are annoyed because their children are too
slow some because they too quick or alert, some
because their children were not neat Other parents
were annoyed by too much primping.
All that however, can be laid to disobedience.
That Is children annoy their parents because. they
don't accept their parents as infalible. Many par
ents have what might be called the God complex
Having much power the lives Of their children,
many parents measure the intelligence Of their chill
dYen by their own.
But for biological and other reasons ignorant par
ents don't understand children are smarter
than their parents and can't accept parental wisdom
as infallible This leads to rebelon-and rebellion
often is rational
The easiest way for a parent to make children
mind" Is to spank them, whip them and even beat
them Unless there appeal to the childs reason,
whipping Is worse than useless. Some children grow
UP without ever forgivng ignorant parents for pun
ishinR them for intelligent dsobedience.
Many boys are sent to reform schools because
they are smarter than their parents, their school
teachers and railroad detectives who want to get
rid Of boys who play around railroad cars. The
dumb bells never are sent to reform schools; they
obey orders.
Boys who are smart always annoy parents, teachers
and others who can't handle them because they
haven't brains enough. idiots easy to handle
and seldom annoy anybody.
Whipping children TO make them mind Is ignorant
brutality. The rising tide Of intelligence Is taking
away from teachers the right to punish children who
are more intelligent than their teachers-the children
who annoy both ignorant parents and ignorant
teachers.
children don't like their home and don't like
their school, It is safe to that there is Soe-
thing the matter with both parents and teachers.
But 1t generally is assumed that there is something
the matter with the chldren-and in many cases
that is an ignorant assumption.
One hope of this country may be found in chill
dren who annoy both their parents and their school
teachers There is little hope in morons who are
obedient to physical force.
That's the trouble with Hoover-he wants to make
everybody mind
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-10
AAAA AOO4 Lands

GENERAL SMEDLEY BUTLER made a mistake
~ He should have plotted to- cheat his country
Mussoini.
It's great country particularly in its law-en-
forcing department.
in it who talks about Mussoiini will be feprmanded or
worse we can see right now where all enstments will
cease and the navy viii have to resort to CONSUMPTION
It's little funny for Mussolin to get so hot
under the collar about what Butler said, for MuSSo
lini had blown the lid of more frequently than any
other inhabitAnt Of our local planet.
But then lid Blowers, as . class, are very jealous
Of each other.
VXTHLE we are In the apology business, If Museo-
w lini still Is engaged In the business Of organz-
ing his Fascist societies In this country contrary 10
up and tender us some delicious regrets on the
half shell.
E>oRAGER MAYOR DUvAIL Of indianapolis was
to which he sentenced three years and I'VE month";
ago.
fellow charged with crime In this country has to
have an iron constitution In order to live until the
case is over.
President Hoover states that the proposition to
congress help the starving strikes at the roots
of Self-government.
We've heard statesmen say the same thing at
least $1,000 times but the roots are still doing blsi-
ness at the same old stand.
ORANGE and Italy are both wearing chips on their
II shoulders and talking about expensive navies And
yet when the matter OF paying what they owed the
United States was before the house both of them
played the baby act and Uncle Sam cut 1t away down
They'll build their navies with the money owed US
The Red Gross money Is about half raised, and If
the victims can hold out month o. so longer Il win
be all right except that It won't begin TO 60 around
Down at New Britain, Conn, Arthur Sullivan
blind newspaper reporter who recently rescued his
blind wife from death BY IRE, Is undergoing 9 skin
grating operation in an effort TO save her nfe.
And yet lot Of us In perfect health cOmrisLa.
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Diego, III mention that. II Is my
hope to be able to report favorably
upo their dotngS and didos.
I realize that II the great naovina
picture colony bites an author that's
no longer news. A great MANY
dozens Of commentators have eone
TO ptcturelAnd and reported that
this was only carbon copy OF Cey-
Ions Isle, where every prospect
pleases and only man Is VILE"
II md that, I'll simply keep the
peace. There's no point in Kicking
an industry when IT'S down.
But have q strong suspicion that
Hollywood may be fun for q tourist.
After all, the mere prospect of being
able TO lie in bed and not report
on any lot at Q .. Nor is It 97-
sounds to me like q pleasing role.
Copyright, 1891, BY The Tifnes)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-10
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

worm are deposited on the ground
they are acted on by various condi-
tons Of moisture and temperature.
In from twenty-four to seventy
two hours embryos hatch out and
In about five days these larvae be-
come capable of injecting man.
Under natural conditions they
rapidly die out In from six days to
two weeks.
When mud containing these
larvae come in contact with the
skin Of man, the larvae pass
through the skin. by way Of the
hair follicleS or sweat glands.
They then burrow through the
tissues and enter the small blood
vessels. They then are picked up
by the blood, carried through the
heart, and to the lungs.
Burrowing again, they may reach
the bronchial tubes and be expec-
torated or they may be swallowed
and pass into the stomach and the
inteStineS.
Six to eight weeks after the time
when they have entered the skin,
they begin to lay eggs In the bowel,
and these are passed out with the
excretions. This is the cycle Of the
life Of the hookWornn,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-10
A Money MixUp

KEEANWHILE, President Hoover
1V1 has succeeded in re-erlisting
the good Offices Of Senator Robin
son in his efforts to get around that
SIS ,000, 900 relief fund bill.
Instead Of $25, 900, 900, it now looks
as though the boys would take
$40 ,00o, 900, and that, instead OF
being given away, 1t also would be
loaned.
If the seed department has COB
bled up all the security to cover
its advances, what will Uncle Sam
ask for to protect him in this case?
viii he take a second mortgage,
or borrow an idea from the bankers
and refuse to make any loans?
Denial Of credit, or the extern
sion Of credit under impossible con-
ditioTls, appears to be one Of our
worst difficulties.
Plenty Of money available, and at
cheap rates Of interest, yet those
who need 1t most can't get #.
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ATTACK ON LANCASTER


Feb. 10
I'm Feb. 10, 1876, one Of the
~ bloodiest assaults Of King
Philips war took place when Philip,
In company With his allies, the
Nipmucks, attacked Lancaster,
Mass.
Fiske, the historian, wildly de-
Scribes the assault:
"On the 10th Of that month, ct
sunrise, the Indians came swarm
ing into the lovely village.
Danger already had been appre-
hended, the pastor, Joseph Row
landson, the only Harvard sradu-
ate Of 1852, had gone to Boston 70
solicit aid, and Captain Wadsworth's
company was making It's way from
Marlborough, but the Indians were
beforehand.
Several houses at once were sur
rounded and set on fire, and men,
women and children began falling
under the tomafawk. The min
ister's house was large and strongly
built and more than forty people
found shelter there until at length
It took fire and they were driven out
by the flames.
only one escaped, g dozen or
more were slain, and the rest,
chiefly women and children, taken
captive. :"
At the end Of the month the In
dams followed this assault with Q
shocking massacre ct Medf1eld and
made n1urderous assaults On several
other western Massachusetts, towns.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-10

More than ordinary gall will be needed
by the leaders Of the Republican party in this
state to read, two days hence, the immortal
address of Lincoln.
So far has this leadership led its organ
ization away from the ideals of the man who
believed in a government Of, by and for the
people, that 1t now proposes to set aside the
right Of even representative government.
One of the duties Of the present legislature
is to provide a new geography for congress
sional elections. The state viii have one less
member two years hence. The change is
necessary If the intent Of the founders of
this government that the people should
choose members of congress from small dis
tricts and thus keep the government close at
all times to the people Is to be preserved.
Now, under the advice of party leaders,
the Republican caucus of legislative members
declare against any law, no matter what
provisions 1t makes.
In essence, the declaration is against our
present form of government. In practice, it
means that the government Is to be removed
from the people and made so remote as to be
unreal
Here, in the final analysis, is the same
sort OF anarchistic thinking that produced
Jackson and Robinson under the regime
of Stephensonism and Cofffnism. Here is
tangible evidence that the leadership of that
party has not changed In it's attitude, even
though state and federal prisons have made
necessary some changes in personnel
The birthday of Lincoln would be a
mighty fine time for voters of the Republican
party to journey back to Lincoln and away
from the limbo of forgotten ideals.
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Peoples Voice

Editor Til1aes-If our city wishes
TO get nd Of crime and 1awiessness,
get a copy Of Golfers Weekly of
Dec. -, 1890, and read the article
"0ummen Dodge This City" mean
Ing Milwaukee, and try their rem
edy and we viii soon have a city
as much to be proud Of as Milwau.
kee. We have a beautiful city. but
les running wild. We are not safe
at home nor on the street. I think
it is time the citizens were waking
up and doing something. All they
do here IS pass the buck. And crir4e
goes on. We surely couldn't get
along without The Times. hit them
and hit them hard. They need it.
LAURA A. ALLEN.
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A Tiny Object

TUE asteroids are tiny planet like
Il bodies, about 800 In number,
revolving in an orbit between Mart
and Jupiter. Their origin is a mys-
terry. They may be the remnants OF
planet which exploded, or the
debris Of planet that was spoiled
In the making"
Eros, which is one Of them; has 50
eccentric an orbit, however, that It
periodically approaches closer to the
earth than does Mars. At present,
1t is approximately 100000 miles
from the earth to Eros.
Eros is a tiny object about fifteen
miles in diameter. It is like q
mountain broken loose. Astron-
omers are certain that It Is not
spherical In shape, but very irregu-
lar. It is Just too faint to be seen
with the unaided eye, but appears
as little orange disk in the tele-
scope.
Astronomers seek the answer to
two important questions from this
little cosmic ship.
The first is: How far is 1t to the
sun?
The second is: How heavy are
the earth and the moon7
The first question Is particularly
important. The distance from the
earth to the sun is known as the
astronomical unit.
From the observed positions and
motions Of planets and comets, their
orbits can be computed and diagrams
drawn without knowing the actual
distances In miles. Relative dis
tances to the stars can be fixed in
the same way.
But before these relative distances
can be turned into actual distances.
we must know one distance in miles.
When we have one such measure
ment. we have scale for determin-
ing the others.
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Uncle Seems Crashing

A N Arkansas bank E registers
n what appears to b. a rather
serious complaint against one
method Of government relief work.
He says that bankers In his Sec
ton are refusing to loon farmers
money because Uncle Sam is COB
bling up all the security to cover
seed loans.
It seems that when the good old
uncle makes a seed loan, no matter
for how much, or how little, ne de-
mands first mortgage on the crop.
That leaves nothing but q second
mortgage for bankers, and you
know how bankers feel about sec
ond mortgages.
You can't blame Uncle Sam for
wanting to get his money back, but
doesn't it strike you as pretty rough
to demand the whole crop as secur-
ity for the seed.
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Plenty of Money Is Available
and at Cheap Rates of In
terest, but Those Wko Need
It Most Can't Get It.

GAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1o-You-ve
- read all about the Oakland IRE,
Of eourse-the poor, crezed horses,
screaming and kicking In q hope
less struggle for LIE, the trapped
human beings, deeds Of heroiszn,
stupendous money loss, and posi-
bility Of arson.
Like most other people, you've
probably exclaimed, what . pity. "
Then you've gritted your teeth and
declared, they ought to do thus
and 50 with the son OF q gun who
set IT," II 1t was set and they ever
catch him.
-Four men and q half million dol
lars worth Of horse flesh gone up
in smoke, for no reason In the
world, except somebody didn't take
time to think.
A case of putting the horse before
the stable, which Is no better than
putting the cart before the horse,
and the show before everything else.
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SCIENCE
Astronomers Wait Coming Of
Celestial Messenger to III
crease Their Knowledge.
.BY DAVID DTETZ

A STRONOMERs expect to get
IA important news Of the solar
system and the outer universe dur
ing the next few weeks. They now
are In communication with cosnic
ship" which bears news Of outer
space.
Our earth Is . lonely voyager IN a
great ocean Of space. It's one COM
panion Is the moon, which circles
around the earth at q distance Of
40 900 miles.
No celestial object approaches
closer except an occasional comet
and the meteors, tiny chunks Of
rock which pay for their rashness
by being consumed by friction
against the earth's atmosphere.
From the earth to the sun is "a
oo0, 900 miles. Our nearest planetary
neighborS are Venus and Mars.
Venus and the earth are the closest
TO each other on an average Of every
two years. The distance separating
them at that time may have q mini
mum value Of about 26,00o, 600 miles.
Mars does not approach that close
70 the earth. At It's nearest, It Is
Stin $4,000. 900 miles away. {
But there is coSrnic ship which
occasionally swings nearer TO the
earth, Is it is doing now. It Is the
tiny asteroid, Eros.
Astronomers in ali parts Of the
world are training their telescopes
on Eros these days for news Of the
solar system.
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BY TrianguIation

TINE simplest method Of measur-
Il ing some distance is by the
method used in surveying and
known as triangulation. We can
use the distance between two OBJ
servatories as the base Of our tr1-
angle.
The two telescopes then are
pointed at the same object and the
settings Of the telescopes give US the
base angles of the triangle.
It then Is possible by trigonometry
to calculate the distance to the OBJ
ject.
But accurate measurements cen
not be made by this method on the
sun. They can not even be made
with sufncient accuracy on Mar or
Venus.
The large size Of the disks Of these
planets and their brightness make
high accuracy impossible.
Eros, however, on its close ap-
proach TO the earth, is an ideal OBJ
ject for such determination
Once the distance from the earth
TO Eros is determined accurately, 1t
Is merely q matter of calculations
to make more accurate determine
ton OF the distance from the earth
to the sun.
The weight Of the earth and the.
moon, or to speak more accurately,
the mass Of those objects, can. be
calculated from their srayitati6nal
effect on Eros.
As result Of the pull Of the
earth~moon system, Eros viii swerve
from It's normal orbit. Astronomers
Will measure carefully this occur
renee.
Astronomers are hoping that the
present close approach Of Eros bill
yield better figures for the distance
from the earth TO the sun and for
the mass Of the earth and moon
than any now available.
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Questions and
Answers

When does the Fourth Liberty
loan mature and what interest does
it pay7
It natures in 1898 and Is calIabIe
In 1898. It pays ~ per cent.
When was the independence Of
LAthuania prociainaed7
Feb. Is, 1918.
What makes custard wAAsxy after
II Is eooked3
Usually because It is cooked too
rapidly and with the oven too hot.
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Editor. Jsurnal Of the American Medical
Association and Of HyEei9, the Health
Magazine.
UTTTHIN the last twenty-five
w years much has been accom-
plished in control of hookworm.
There seems to be no doubt that
hookworm disease has existed for
thousands Of years. However, 1t
first was described scientifically In
1888 by physician who found the
worms in the body and named the
disease ankylostomiasis, because the
worm has a bent mouth.
Today hookworm disease Is found
throughout the world, mostly In
warm countries, but wherever there
Is warm climate and plenty Of
rain.
The disease is not nearly so fire.
quently seen in the cities as In the
small towns and among the rural
population.
The story Of the hookworm's en-
trance into the human body Is
almost romantic. When excretions
containing the eggs of the hook