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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02
NJ. E. Tracy
Says

If We We're Germans, We
Would Feel Just as the
Germans Do; We Would
Demand Liberation From
Outside Debt and Equal
Defense Rights.
NEW YORK, Sept. Ger
IN many's demand for equal
rights comes as logical climax to
the hopeless, impossible situation
created at Versailles thirteen years
ago.
Only politicians, pandering to a
distraught world, would have en-
tertained the idea that a great ma
ton could be made permanently
weak by treaty. That idea was as
stupid as was the illusion that Ger
many would and could foot the war
bill.
AS Russians would say, the YER
sailles treaty is one of those OBJ
stacles to human progress which
must be liquidated. Much of it
already has been liquidate6.
Little is left of its reparations
provision, and that little promises
to disappear ere long. It's military
provisions were compounded with
the same childish disregard for
common sense and are doomed to
the same fate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02
Three Major Problems
r TNDER DR.. Hale's direction, th

Under DR.. Hale's direction, the
~ Mt. Wilson observatory soon
became world-famous. Powerful tel
escapes, including the worlds larg-
est one, the 100-inch reflector, were
installed.
An important development was
construction of physical labora-
tory in Pasadena to work in con,
junction with the astronomical in
struments on Mt. Wilson.
This laboratory, DR.. Seares tells,
turned astronomy more or less into
an experimental science and in
creased immensely the effective
ness of the methods of research"
Meanwhile, DR.. Seares con-
tinues, "Kapteyns results on stellar
motions had shown the importance
of thinking of the stars as vast
structural organization.
Until recently, the work of the
observatory has centered around
these two problems: The stars as
physical units having size, mass,
density, temperature and constitu-
ton, subject to a development
process involving genesis and decay;
and, second, the stars as an or
ganic system, having structure and
regularity of motion and a cosmo-
logical history of its own.
To-day, however, a third fun
damental problem engages our at
tention-the -galactic nebulae.
gigantic systems far outside our
own stellar system, some Of which
must resemble our own system.
THE press has been so full of the
now famous red-shift of the spectral
lines of these nebulae 1 need scarce
ly add that our views Of the uni
verse certainly will be much in
fluenced by what we learn about
these remote objects"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02
Just Every Day Sense
WHAT news stories are crowded into the back
By Mrs. walter FERGUSON

XXTHAT news stories are crowded into the back
w pages of the daily papers, These insignifi-
cantly placed items often alive with human inter-
est inspiration and drama.
The one found today from unromantic
Muvane, Kan. country doctor, now rs years old,
issued blanket invitation to $500 babies" he had
helped into the world to attend reception at his
home.
More than 1000 responded, coming to do honor
to their benefactor All sorts and conditions of peo-
pie present from elderly grandsires to three
family
The American country doctor is more than an in
dvidual. He is institution. To the small towns
and rural communities that knew and still know
him he always will be the finest and most unselish
of beings.
Beside him. the city specialist is a colorless fig
ure. The former always more than doctor to
his patients. He friend Men and women
not cases" to him. They were suffering fellow be-
ingS whom he longed to help
What he may have lacked in knowledge he made
up in kindness and hard work He was concerned
over the mental and spiritual, well the phys
ical, wen-being of his patients.
IT'S worldly goods have been meager and his fame
limited, but surely his rewards are better than
silver or gold He had the gratitude and love of thou
sands of individuals
Women in the pangs of childbirth prayed for his
Birth and death his famiars and, like Jesus,
he spent his life in mnsterng to the needy, the Suf
fering and the sorrowful
Though his house is humbled and his bank account
small his sould must be at peace And when the
country doctor knocks at last at heavens gate st.
Peter feel sure. will question him, but. fling
ing wide the portals. viii bid hin welcome there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02
Among the Stars

w the stars" DR.. Seares con-
tinues, the first question is: Where
are the stars and how do they move?
The department of meridian
astronomy helps the answer by
providing Boss Catalog of the posi-
tions and proper motions of bright
stars, an indispensable handbook of
the astronomer.
precise observations of thousands
of fainter stars, made by the de-
partment from both hemispheres
and combined with earlier measures
of positions, will also supply a rich
store of data on stellar motions.
1.-THE worth of such information
shines forth when we recall that the
first great advance since the time of
Sir William HerSchel in knowledge
of the stars as system was based
on proper motions.
I'm 1904 Kapteyn found certain
Irregularities in the motions of stars.
and from that moment the stellar
system ceased to be a collection of
individuals and became an organic
whole.
'Kapteyn's investigation of stellar
motions was coincident with the
foundation of the Mt. Wilson OBJ
servatory and together these events
began new epoch in astronomy.
THE observatory, at first an ex-
peditionary undertaking for study
ing the sun under the favorable
mountain conditions of this south
western country, soon became a per-
manent establishment, through
efforts of Hale, its first director, and
generous support of the Carnegie
Institution.
From his youth deeply impressed
with the broader significance of evo-
luton, Hale saw both the need and
the opportunity for work on the de-
velopment features of stars.
What began as a specialized study
of the sun, the nearest and most
accessible of stars, thus naturally
widened into Investigations of the
comparative history of stars as a
class"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02

lice for one of the largest Canadian
electrical corporations has given the
following suggestions to be used as
routine:
Release victim, avoiding sustain
ing shock oneself. Any dry nom
conductor may be used to move
victim or the live conductor.
If both the victims hands are
graSping the live conductor, free
them one at time.
If necessary, shut off the current.
Nearest switch should be opened.
If it is necessary to cut a live
wire, use a wooden-handled axe.
turning away the face to avoid the
flash.
Put finger in victims mouth to
remove teeth, gum, or tobacco.
Lay patient on abdomen, one arm
extended upwards, the other elbow
f1exed. Rest the face on the hand
so that the mouth and nose are free.
Carry out artificial respiration.
When patient revives, keep him
lying down. Keep him warm.
Watch the respiration carefully. in
case it fails again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02
A TinfoiI Lining

r HAVE known clouds which had
L no silver lining, but I will admit
that perhaps a few shreds of tin
foil are to be found along the fog
in which fundamentals threaten to
be lost. Prohibition las been for
so long political herring that set
Ting the issue once and for all may
speed consideration of more serious
things.
In particular, m \ liberalism
may profit if this particular dried
fish is flung out of the way once
and for all.
AS Lungs are now a man like
Senator CoStigan of Colorado might
stand shoulder to shoulder with
Senator La Toilette except that the
former Is dry and latter wringing
wet.
The distinct usefulness of Senator
Borah upon certain occasions and
issues has be- impaired by the
fact that he generally can be drawn
off other public problems the in
slant anybody starts to sing the
stein song. Senator Norris has by
now almost recsnted, but 1 think it
is a little late in his career.
No party of protest ever can hope
to win power = America until it
has popularized some formula by
which the industrial workers of the
cities and the farmers can get to-
gether.
And there have been years in
which the agricultural voters vast
ed so much time and energy to keep
beer out Of the hands of the city
workers that these same embattled
farmers had no energy left with
which to fight for issues far more
important in their own lives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02
Dangerous Drift

The German worm is turning Within two davs
Germany has requested military equality and has
announced policy of higher tariffs No longer will
Germany take the kicks of the rest of the world
patiently
Justice here is on the side of Germany. What
ever one may think of the present German govern
ment-and we happen to believe that no good can
come from the militarists and reactionaries-thera
Is no justification in law morals for denying in
ternational equality to any great nation
That part of the peace treaty which disarmod
Germany without disarming other nations was based
on lie. The sole guilt" myth has been dis
proved by world historians and by the official records
OF the period leading up to the World war;
Even the victorS in the madness of Versailles said
they were disarming Germany only to make possible
later disarmament of themselves That was a pledge
1t has not been kept
Disarmament conference after conference ends
IN failure because the other European powers refuse
to reduce effectively Germany is tired of the farce
So are many Americans
The least the European powers can do is to begin
cutting their expensive and dangerous war prenara-
tons. Otherwise, Germany in the end will force
them to allow her to re-enter the disastrous race
OF Importance this failure to deal Justly with
Germany is throwing the peaceful German people
into the arms of their militarists.
directly due to the Short-Sghted military and eco
nomc policies of the former allies and the unbearabe
conditions created in Germany by those policies
To the unjust economic conditions imposed upon
Germany by the European powers was added high
tariff barrier against German trade by the United
States. This American tariff forced other European
nations in selfdefense, to raise retaliaory tariffs
which in turn hit Germany
So the trade-tarif war, started by the United
States, havoc everywhere, but especially to
Germany which, in her weakened state is least able
TO stand further shocks
Naturally, Germany strikes back. On Sept s
drastic increases in import duties will be applied to
foreign goods the rise in the rate some American
products being 1000 per cent. That means more
American factories closed, more Americans in the
bread lines
But, of course. it does not mean prosperity for
Germany. In such trade war, there can be no
Yictor-all suffer
This is one more sign, added to the many which
have gone before, that world depression and chaos
will continue until the American and European gov
ernments have sense enough to reach settlement
on the joint problem OF tariffs disarmament,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02
SCIENCE
Close Cooperation Marks
the Work of Carnegie Insti-
tution's Ten Divisions.
BY DAVID DIETZ.

THE Carnegie institution of
i Washington maintained ten
departments or divisions devoted to
important phases of science. Close
cooperation among all ten enables
them to investigate many funda-
mental problems which cut across
more than onesheld of science.
Aim and scope of the several de-
partments was described recently by
DR.. Frederick H Seares, assistant
director of Mt. Wilson observatory,
one Of the divisions of the Carnegie
institution. CDr. SeareS' remarks
upon the organization of the in
Stitution were printed in this space
Thursday.
DR.. Seares points out that q nat
ural grouping of departments puts
the geophysical laboratory, the de-
partmentS of terrestrial magnetism
and meridian astrometry, and the
Mt. Wilson observatory together.
The geophySical laboratory is in
terested in studying the physical
aAAO CAlCAllAOdA COAllPOSAlAOi1 VI IONkS
and the processes by which they are
formed, thus furnishing the science
of geology with exact numerical
data.
The department of terrestrial mag
netism is concerned with study OF
the earth's magnetic and electrical
conditions. Vessels of the depart
ment have travelled more than
100000 miles to make records of
magnetic conditions and atmospheric
electricity on the high seas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02
Questions and
Answers

Why can bird stand on a
charged trolley wire without being
electrOcuted?
Because it is touching only one
wire and there is no electric circuit
through its body.
When was James S. Sherman,
Vice President of the United States?
From 1909 to 1913, during the Taft
administration.
What do the letters F. A. P. along
a road stand for?
Federal Aid Provided.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02
Allies Break Faith

A S explained at the time, Ger
"A many was disarmed for four
reasons. First, to punish her; sec
ond, as a warning to militaristic
governments; third, to make her
safe, and fourth, to set the stage
for general disarmament.
People were led to believe that if
Germany got along all right with a
small army and an inconsequential
navy, other countries would adopt
the policy. That was hypocrisy. as
the last thirteen years have DEM
onstrated.
Europe has more men under arms,
or in reserve, than it did when the
war broke out The allies have
not lived up to their pretensions. If
they had disarmed, as their leaders
implied they would, Germany would
have little cause for complaint.
Instead, they have kept their
armies and navies, which leaves her
in an unsafe and unfair position.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02
Might Win Diction Medal

7 NEVER hear the Governor of
a New York state without admir-
ing his radio technique. It is a
good voice and he can make his
speeches sound better than they
read. Tt seems to me that he han
died the prohibition part of the
Democratic platform extremely well.
His charges against the tactics of
Hoover and Curtis were severe, but
wholly justified. The one criticism
which I had was that the address
was a little too long. A case as
good as the one which Governor
Roosevelt presented on this issue
does not need TO be labored.
And one other minor reservation
I would make. 1t is a relief to hear
again a candidate who has read
some books. I like the literary fla
vor of the Rooseveltian oratory.
The Alice in Wonderland" ana
logies of the Columbus address
seemed TO me felicJous. I'm not
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02

quite so sure about the excursion
into mythology which the Governor
offered to the followers of Frank
Hague. I question its political ex-
pediency.
The promise of beer was received
with due enthusiasm, and this is
a drink into which one does not
drop an olive or add a bit of lemon
peel IN fact, think that Franklin
D. was just a shade too fancy.
Copyright. 1882. by The Tiunesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02
GERMANS IN RETREAT
2 - 10 ~ w = n
Sept. 2.

ON Sept. 2, 1918, British and Ca
~ madam troops carried the
Queant-Drocourt switch" line in a
sudden assault, taking several vii
lagos in their advance Of four miles
On a seven-mile front.
German forces continued to re-
treat toward the Hindenburg line,
which already had been reached in
few scattered sections.
Their retreat from the Lys sail
ent was accomplished under severe
artillery fire from British guns.
American forces north of Scissors
encountered sharp resistance, but
succeeded in taking Terny- Sorry
and in reaching the SCISSORS st.
Quentin highway.
The United States steamer Omega
was sunk by submarine. Twenty
six members of the crew were lost.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02
France Will Give Way

dllOC WIFI OlVG way
THE French profess to be angry
a at this latest move by Germany,
but they are not. They are too in
telligent for that sort of bunk. ex-
cept as it may serve to postpone the
evil day.
They realize perfectly we'll that
the time will come when, for their
own interests, they must concede
GermanyS right to mair tain an
army and a navy equal to theirs.
They understand that this can be
accomplished by reducing their
establishment, or permitting Ger
many to increase hers. They will
spar for time as long as it seems
wise and then give way.
There is not a European states
man who believes the Versailles
treaty can be enforced much
longer in accordance with its origi-
nal provisions. 1t does not fit the
new order.
1t is out of tune with the kellogg
pact, League of Nations, and other
phases of the peace movement. In
deed, the peace movement has little
chance of success as long as this
monStrosity of modern Statecraft
remains in the way.
The sooner it is sent to the scrap
heap, the better things will be for
all concerned. But we still lack
power to be entirely frank or honest
il such matters.
We must wiggle and twist about
so long, to save our faces and our
pride.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02
"Said the Governor of N. c."

Its long time between drinks said the Gov
ernor of North Carolina to the Governor of South
Carolina Or it the other way around?
Anyway, it's not going to be long now. The
two Carolinas have been prohibitions prize twins
ever since Volstead But something happened.
In the North Carolina Democratic primary runof,
Senator Cameron Morrison otherwise popular was
defeated badly by Robert Reynolds, Morrison was
dry, Reynolds wet.
This week, in the South Carolina primaries, the
same thing happened. Senator E D. Smith far
ahead of Ex-senator Cole L. BleaSe Smith stood
firmly on the wet Democratic platform, urged repeal
and immediate modification.
Blease, political dry, called for referendum of
the white vote of the Palmetto state.
1t looks like the Governors start replanting
the old mint beds pretty soon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02
This is the second of two articles by
DR.. Fishbein on electrical accidents.
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

TN association with electrical in
Il juries, all sorts of peculiar eff
fectS are produced, because the &C
ton of electricity is itself frequent
ly variable.
Some parts of the body offer
much more resistance to the pass
age of current than do others.
For instance, the liver offers nine
times as much resistance as the
mucous membranes, the brain TWEEN
ty times as much and bone 5000
times as much.
The best conductor in the hui
man body is the blood and frequent
ly currents pass through the body
by way of the large blood vessels.
Much depends also on the point
Of contact. A current passing from
one foot to another may be with
out i'll effect, while similar cur
rent passing through the brain
might cause death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02
IT SEEMS TOME BY HE EYH22s

THERE may be a disposition in
n some quarters to criticise Gov
ernor Roosevelt for having devoted
an entire campaign speech to the
issue of prohibition. From the left
and from the right will come the
objection that this is no time to talk
of beer when bread is far more
vital.
This objection would carry more
weight if it always were made in
complete sincerity. Some men have
the right to say just that, but no
politician should be allowed to speak
of bread, not beer" if his program
does not entail the achievement of
either.
The American voter is, for the
most part, man with one-isSue
mind. Out of the vast weller of
words in party platforms only a
phrase or SO from each endures.
Elections have been won or lost on
the issue of sound money" i'm.
perialism" and he kept us out of
war;
Seldom has the entire program of
party attracted public attention.
mean even in the case of parties
which have had program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02

the year 1882 are going to do little
worse than that. There is every
indication that many of them are
quite prepared to throw away an
election.
And I think this reckless decision
is almost entirely of their own max
ing. Here is an opportunity for the
American public to voice its con-
f1dence in an economic system.
There is a fine chance to say, 81
don't like either major party"
1t has been ssaid that in this
country We do not vote so much
for a candidate as against one. Ac-
cordingly, the situation offers a
veritable bargain day. One may,
If he chooses, vote against two men.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter-
eSting writers and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02
Should Have Equal Rights

GAFETY and fairness are the key
~ notes of international good
will. We can not expect genuine CO.
operation as long as we make fish
out of one country and fowl out of
another.
Equality of rights has the same
bearing on internationaIism as it
has on citizenship.
Germany was prepared to take
some punishment as the conse-
quence of defeat, but hardly to the
extent of being made helpless for
three or four generations. People
are not built that way, regardless
of which bank of the Rhine they
occupy.
If we were Germans, we would
feel exactly as the Germans do, es-
pecially those of us born too late
for the war and who had nothing
to 90 with it.
We would demand liberation from
outside debt and equal rights for
national defense.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-02
Should Not Be Paramount

II GREATLY fear that the election
l. of 1882 is going to go down in
the history books as the big wet
and dry fight. 1t is, I think, redicu-
lous that prohibition should intrude
itself in such way as to blanket
issues far more vital. Please don't
blame me. All can say is, Teacher,
l didn't do it"
Even the honorable gentlemen
who, as the phrase goes, make the
issues, are not personally response
BILE to any great extent for the
prominence of the prohibition issue.
It is the public and platform ma
kers who decide just what they are
going to get excited about. Even
in the middle of an acute depres-
sion, very many millions are talking
of alcoholic content.
People talk about not throwing
away your vote. I'm afraid that
the voters in the United States in