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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-04
Sleeping Sickness Begins With Nausea

ID ECENTLY three articles were
IN published in this column de-
scribing the conditions known popu-
larly as sleeping sickness" but
scientifically as epidemic lethargic
encephalitis.
Shortly thereafter newspapers be-
gan. to carry accounts Of an cpl
demic which developed in st. Louis.
In the cases which have appeared
in St. Louis, older people more fire.
Quently are affected than are the
young.
The condition begins suddenly
with headache, nausea, fever, mild
inf1ammation of the throat, and stiff
ness of the neck. AS evidence Of
the way in which the brain is af-
fected, there also is a fine tremor
of the hands and of the tongue.
Many of the patients become
quite unconscious, some have con-
vulsions, but the majority develop
lethargy or sleepiness from which
they can be aroused momentarily,
but with difficulty. In few cases,
instead of sleepiness the patients
are overexcited.
Moreover, they are confused, uI4-
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DECISION TELLS THE STORY

T%HOSE who have been looking sidewise at
/ Il the principal acts of the administrations
recoverv program, fearful lest they find a
revolutionary hue in them. ought to sit down
and read the text of the decision by which
Daniel ODonoghue, District Of Columbia SUI
preme court justice, upheld the Constitution
atty Of the agricultural adjustment act.
: COMPRESSED into a few paragraphs, here
Is a ruling under which our whole form Of
society and our, entire economic machine could
be put upon brand new basis.
IF that statement seems strong. you have
only to read the following quotation from JUS
tice O'Donoghue's decision;
The welfare of the people and the very
existence of the government itself are in peril.
r The day has passed when absolute vested
rights in contract or property are to be re-
earded as sacrosanct or above the law.
Neither the necessities of life nor COM
nodities affected with public interest can
any longer be left to ruthless competition for
selfish greed for their production or distribu-
ton"
That decision. as a matter Of fact, may
become a great milestone in the never-ending
conflict between human rights and property
rights.
Let it be upheld finally by the nations
highest tribunal and We shall have an entire
new philosophy embedded in our legal struc-
ture.
It's implications are clear, upon moments
reflection; nor does one have to ponder very
long TO discover that some very revolutionary
things could be done under the doctrine there
in set forth.
The statement that there are rights which
transcend the rights Of property and the rights
Of contract. followed as it is by the blunt
declaration that the day of free competition
In the production and distribution of "the
necessities OF life or commodities affected with
a public interest. is about as far-reaching a
dictum as the American courts have ever laid
down.
IN its influence upon subsequent legisla-
ton and upon the general direction of the
stream Of American life, this ruling we'll may
. be ranked as one of the most important in
American legal history.
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|M.E.TracySays:

ME wheat agreement signed at London Aug.
Il 20 is both complicated and vague For one
Chlng, 1t recognizes that the weather NAV have
some erect on production and that other con-
dltlons may arise to spoil the best laid plans
Making allowance for such factors it provides
That exporting nations shall stabilize their out
put, that other nations shall not go into the
wheat business, and that importing nations
shall do their utmost to maintain a price of 60
cents a bushel.
significantly enough, Russia has not commit
TED herself but promises to do so after more
thorough study of the situation
Of all countries Russia should be in the
best position to control wheat but past expert
ences suggest that, in spite of all her supervis-
ing and dlsclplin1ng, she is unable to tell wheth-
er the domestic crop will be too big or too small
until it has been harvested.
PERSONALLY, I think that economic plan
4 ming will prove futile in the agricultural
field, unless weather control first is established
DO not see how production of a given acreage
can be estimated with any degree of accuracy
as long as drought and rain are permitted to
function on laissez-faire basis
After that, something must be done to sta
Billie human nature, to level off the average
farmers energy and ambition
Under existing conditions, how can any gov
eminent be sure of what a specified number
of wheat growers working a specified number
of acres will produce? Even if all of them pillow,
cultivate, and reap at the same rate of speed,
shift of wind, general fall of hail. or long
dry spell might change the result by IS to 20
per cent.
Just how are government agents going to
regulate this thing, after the contract has been
signed? If half the American crop burns up,
what are we going to do about it? If regulation
results in putting a million or so wheat farmers
out of work. what provision will be made for
them to earn living in some other field?
THEN there is the all-important question of
i consumption which governments have
agreed to encourage" Are we to understand
that if people suddenly contract an appetite for
rye bread governments are going to interfere
and make them eat wheat bread? And what
would happen to the rye growers if they did?
To layrpan it looks as though the stabiliza-
ton of any crop involved the sterilization of all
crops. How can we be sure that people will
consume so much wheat as long as they are at
liberty to substitute other cereals or even reduce
the cereal diet?
The average stomach will hold only so much.
If it is filed with lettuce, spinach or pork there
Just isn't any room for wheat. If its owner pre-
fers fruit to toast or a slice Of meat to slice
Of bread. the grand scheme becomes ineffective.
Not only the weather, but people themselves,
will have to be regulated strictly to give these
international agreements force. We can't per-
NIT any such freedom Of appetite. taste, or &C.
centricity as goes with the old rugged individ-
ualism.
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with his knuckle and got a good
spark, thus proving what he set
out to demonstrate.
Q-Is rubber produced CONNER
cially in the United States?
A-None has been produced com =
mercially yet, but extensive expert
mentS in producing rubber from
golden rod have been carried on.
The department of agriculture has
planted several native species at the
experimental station near Charles
ton, S. c., and will select and breed
promising varieties Specialists in
the department believe that the
rubber content of golden rod may be
increased just as the sugar content
Of sugar beets was increased by
breeding and selection. More than
thirty species analysed indicate that
the leaves of some will yield as much
as 7.91 per cent rubber.
Q-What fees do vessels entering
United States ports have to pay?
"A clearance fee of $3.50 in ad-
dition to the tonnage fee.
Q-Name the Chinese minister
to the United States.
A-Mr. Sao-Ke Alfred SEE.
Q-How old is Mary Pickford,
the movie actress?
A-Forty.
Q-What is the proportion of
pure silver in "sterling?"
A-Silver 925 per cent and cop
per rs per cent.
Q-On what day did the Jew
ish passover fall in 1910?
A-Sunday, April "a.
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WE never appreciate the doctor
w until we get sick. And the
scientist, poor thing, seldom is
praised, though the services he
renders us are many and obvious.
A new and deadly epidemic re-
Gently has made its appearance in
the United States. If allowed to
sweep onward unchallenged, it
might not make any difference
whether the New Deal works or
not. Most of us may be dead.
But that will not happen, be-
cause the governments public
health service already is on the job
and everywhere doctors and SCENT
lists are beginning serious study
of sleeping sickness They will find
its cause and cure. A woman SCENT
list already has found the trail Of the
virus.
And so it Is a true saying that
the greatest battles are fought in
laboratories
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MONDAY. SEPT :. 1899.
LABOR DAY, 1888

ORGANIZED labor. celebrating Labor day,
- can point 10 the last six months as one
Of the most successful periods in its fifty
years struggle in behalf o. the American
masses.
Never IN so short time has its peacetime
progress been 50 rapid or 50 spectacular. IN
der the Norris-La Guardia anti-injunction act
and the new deal legislation, labor's right to
bargain collectively has been carved into the
tablets Of our laws. A labor secretary. whose
heart is sympathetic. now fights labor's battles
The recovery act has adopted labors goals
for shorter hours and higher wages and its
administration has granted labor leaders equal
voice on its boards.
Through NRA and its codes the toll of
children under Is has been prohibited, the
universal forty-hour week Is by way Of being
adopted in industry; 100000 jobless have
been re-employed. compulsory company unions
have been banned. the long untouchable in
dustries Of oil. automobile and steel are com
ing to recognize the rights Of unions to speak
for the workers.
A friendly national labor board has been
created TO settle strikes.
Labor itself has made great strides. II has
settled "a twenty-year dispute between the
progressive Amalgamated Clothing Workers
and the United Garment Workers The
United Mine Workers have gained 100000 new
members.
President William Green of the American
Federation of Labor claims to have added
$50 new unions and 100000 to the federation
membership in the last two months.
Without strong and ably led unions the
industrial codes will not long stand. 1t can
not be forgotten that 100000 people still
remain iobless, that wealth largely is mo-
nopolized.
The nation struggling toward better So
rial system, looks with hope toward a stronger
and better organized labor movement.
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fciaries Of special privileges viii pay bonuses
here, there and everywhere out Of the treas
ury to be paid back by every worker.
But they can not stomach the principle
that every man has right to work for his
living at decent wages. They Will pay bonuses
as the price of power to write the tax laws
under which the bonuses will be met.
Senator Robinson. subservient Old Guarder
bird Of the feather Of those who turned the
country's economic processes over to the ex-
ploiter, will promise candy. But his Tx will
not recognize the right to bread and butter
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BY DR.. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

able to place themselves in rela-
tionship to others, and frequently
have loss of memory.
Whereas in most previous in
stances of epiden1ics of this. charac-
ter one of the early symptoms has
been dropping of the eyelids and
double vision, this condition has not
been prominent in the cases which
have occurred in St. Louis.
In the examinations that have
been made of the spinal fluid, signs
Of Inflammation are apparent
through an increase in the number
of cells found in the spinal fluid.
Thus far in st. Louis about 10
per cent of the patients have died.
Many already have recovered after
two weeks, without apparent symp-
toms, but the time is too short to
say what the eventual condition OF
these patients will be.
Examinations Of the brains Of
those who have died indicate that
the portion of the brain known
as the cortex, used in thinking, is
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tiny insect was the enemy that
brought down their proud pinions.
And the greatest single achieve
ment Of Mussolini has been the
reclamation Of 100000 acres of
deadly swamp land which has been
drained and now is a rich prodnc-
tive agricultural area.
This is a conquest greater than
any accomplished with guns. Yet
can We say justly that the victory
is Mussolini's alone? No Because
the actual doer of that deed was
his dead countryman, Giovanni
Battista Grassi, who endured the
gibes Of the ignorant when he set
off on his quest for the germ carry
ing mosquito.
His victory may have saved the
white race from determination. Is
it not fitting, therefore, that Grassi,
as well as Mussolini, behonoreGwith
monuments. that he have q place
in the history and the hearts Of
menu
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Questions and Answers

GLOW did Benjamin Franklin
demonstrate that lightning is
electricity?
A-His famous kite was made
of a piece of piece of silk about
the size of large pocket hand
kerchief, stretched over two
crossed pieces of thin wood. A
piece of iron wire projected about
the frame for about a foot. The
kite was held with a long piece
of Irvine, till near the ground,
where a key was tied. From the
key to his hand he used a silk
cord, which is a good insulator,
and he was careful to keep all
of the silk cord under the roof
of the cowshed, where he' stood,
so that it would not get wet. The
kite Topped and darted about for
time, but finally the wind took
it up. He waited long time for
his spark, and was about to give
up the experiment. when sud-
denly he noticed little fbers on
the cord standing out like bris-
ties. Then he touched the key
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:: The Message Center ::
I wholly disapprove of what you say and

(Times readers are invited to cypress
their ciews in these columns. Mdke Vour
letters short, so all can hare chance.
Limit them to $50 4cords or less.J
BY Reader
The Times made a gallant fight
on eX-Coroner Vehling, bringing out
the unlawful things he did, and was
responsible for his arrest and con-
viction.
However, the writer was surprised
to learn yesterday that, although
this man was tried and convicted
and sentence passed, he never went
to jail and is free in this city at
the present time If this is the case,
what influence kept him out of jail?
Ex-Coroner Vehling now is free, pend
ing verdict on his appeal,
In regard to the letter in The
Times, Aug. 81, by K. o. H: When
they say that a fireman's salary is
better than SO a day, that is not
true, and if the f1remen did get $40
a day, that would be something to
talk about But they don't. I don't
see where they speak of fairness to
any one but themselves. Are not
the police and firemen taxpayers,
too, and don't they have families to
keep?
In regard to firemen, they work
twenty-four hours day and off
twenty-four hours. But if it were
by the day, would it not be twelve
hours a day? Would you like to
work twelve hours day and receive
the same pay they do and always
have some one wanting your pay cut
to help the taxes?
Did not the police and firemen get
a Is per cent cut and say nothing
about it? Why should they have
their vacation pay taken away? Are
they not all entitled to that? Also,
you think the beds and kitchens
should be taken out. What do you
think the firemen should do, stand
up all night, or twenty-four hours?
don't think people like you I'M
derstand that the firemen take care
of their own linens and bedding, at
no expense to the CITY, I think you
are thinking only of your side.
Aren't the police targets for the
protection of our public and you?
Don't the firemen risk their lives to
protect your property for which you
and all others pay taxes? That is
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often more involved than those por-
tons Of the brain which control
movement and action, this having
been the case in previous epidemics.
The United States Public Health
service has sent officials to st.
Louis. and representatives have
come from the health services of
surrounding states.
Thus far the condition seems to
be largely localized in st. Louis and
its immediate vicinity, and there is
no reason to believe that it will
spread generally throughout the
United States, but the possibility
does exist.
In the cases thus far studied, it
has been impossible to trace con-
tact between the patients, except
in one instance, when two mem
bers Of one family were affected.
There is nothing any one can do
personally to prevent the possibility
Of infection with this disorder, but
it is useless to become alarmed,
since the condition is not so serious
ly contagious as the common in
fictitious disorders.
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AnOil Painting
Harriet Scott OIinick.

Harriet Scott Olinick.
1 stand at the head Of the lane,
Warm with color, and carpeted with
gold
The trees are tall and silent senti-
nels;
Summer is middle-aged; her face is
old.
The distant horizon Weeps with
beauty,
Deep blues and purple grey.
Sun falls in fading dappled streamsg
1t is the fleeing pale gold gown
of day.
The trees slice purple shadows
On the bronze floor of the lane.
Their heads are orange and saffron,
Wearing proudly their new pain.
The lane beckons; I dare not follow.
1t ends in maze Of purest gold.
If 1 should hearken what might 7
see?
Rather Elusive beauty than real
ism cold.
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!: A WOman's Viewpoint
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

I wish therefore that our children,
as they study history, might be
taught something about those
noblest of fighters, the scientists
who have conquered disease. They,
too, should have place in the
memories of people for whom they
did so much since they went forth
against a foe more deadly than an
army with banners.
II T.
WET no common history book
4 records their names. Mothers,
who owe such debt Of gratitude
to Loeffler and Behring, intrepid
battlers against diphtheria, do not
know their records or how bitter
was their warfare.
Yet political and cultural progress
can not be swift in any country
where diseases and plaques are left
to do their worst. Ancient Rome
EEL before the little mosquito. That
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-04
ETHICAL BREWERS

a CODE Of ethics has been drawn up for
4 n brewers of the country; and it contains
few paragraphs that make interesting read
ing.
One provides that brewers will not direct
ly or indirectly sell beer to unlicensed out
lets or to people who are in any way evading
local, state or national laws governing the
retailing of beer.
Another provides that no officer or direc-
tor OF brewery may have any connection,
either as partner, officer or stakeholder. in a.
place engaged in the retailing of beer.
Here are two exceedingly sensible provi-
sions. If the brewers had adhered to them
strictly in the days before 1920, there would
have been less reason for the experiment with
national prohibition law.
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these disputes viii be wiped out. Clear and
honest thinking will eliminate them. Mean
while, it is highly essential that threats Of
boycott, of loss Of the blue eagle and Of other
punitive measures be used very sparingly.
Less threatening and more education re-
garding codes, their provisions and their aims,
is needed badly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-04
So They Say

When prohibition goes out, tenn
perance will come into its own. Pro-
hibition made us forget about tenn
perance, but soon we'll forget about
observation-disclosures Edward P.
Mulrooney of New York states alco-
holic beverage control commission.
Eight major depressions and a
score of minor ones have seized
upon us during our history, but the
present is the first in which 1t was
thought necessary to abandon de-
mocracy to effect a cure.-United
States Senator Hatfield, Republican,
West Virginia.
From now on, business will play
according to fair rules-President
Henry I. Hartman, United States
Chamber Of Commerce.
He must be bronzed, even-tem-
pered, and handsome.-Peggy Hop
kins Joyce, describing her next
hubby.
A LADY IS a woman VINO always
remembers others, and never forget5
herself.-Charles Dana Gibson, art
ist.
We either shall succeed or fail in
three months time.-General john
son, NRA administrator.
Law enforcement lin Britain is
relatively simple. because the people
are law abiding; and the people are
law abiding because law enforce
ment is swift and certain-Police
Chief p. j. Sullitoe Of Glasgow, Scot
land.
The unmarried woman earning
her living has stood out like shin
ing star.-Judge Florence E. Allen,
Ohio supreme court.
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you say your say vOare

would know it. And if he did and
got a 10 per cent cut, that would
be swell. But he makes less than
SIS day. And do you remem-
Der that they got a Is per cent
cut?
You say take the beds and
kitchens out of the houses is only
fair. Say, you don't know what
fairness is. I'd certainly like to
see you and tell you a few things
about fairness.
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Not So Fair

By a firemans wife.
MYTH regard to the belief of
w fairness, appearing in The
Times of Aug. 81, you say a fire.
mans salary is better than $40
day. Well, 1 wonder where you
have been all my life. My hus-
band has been on the fire depart
ment for fourteen years, and if
he ever made $40 day, I'm sure I
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Huey Long gets an offer of $1,000 week to
appear IN sideshow. It'd be an awful come
down after all these years of burlesque.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-04

That century plant down in the New York
botanical garden finally has bloomed That
restores our faith Maybe prohibition repeal
will come, after ALL
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their work and they all respond to it

their work and they all respond to it
willingly.
AS far as low taxes are concerned,
that won't help the poor man much.
Why not give us all a chance? I am
also a taxpayer.
BY Frank Walton
1 have a check dated Aug. %, 1893,
which I am keeping as a souvenir
six hogs, IS cents prof1t-in honor
of the wonderful Franklin D, Roose-
welt administrations immediate
farm relief.
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The unmarried woman earning
her living has stood out like shin
ing star.-Judge Florence E. Allen,
Ohio supreme court.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-16
MOOSE DROWNED

Moose are plentiful and in good shape in the Kenai Peninsula dis trict, the snowfall having been ex- ceptionally light making easy for aging for the denizens of the great game incubator area of the North Recent arrivals in Seward bring word that at the lower end Lake Tustamena four moose broke thru the ice and drowned. Another moose met similar fate at the lower end of Skilak lake.