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May Be Bent

Now in four-dimensional space a
line which seems straight may really
be bent. If, in ordinary space, you
clamp one end Of a straight wire
in a wise, you can bend the wire
by moving its free end in either
~ three ways. You can move it
IN an up-and-down direction, or a
r;ght-and-ieft direction, or you can
push il in toward the wise. But
in Einstein's space the free end Of
the wire can also be moved in a
fourth way, in the time dimen-
sion" Any one Of the four mo-
tons, or any combination of them,
would bend the wire, and the bend
ing would not necessarily be per-
ceptible in the ordinary sense of
the word.
In the present accepted electro
magnetic theory, light is supposed
TO travel in a straight line. In Elm
STEMS space that line is Cor may be-
slightly bent. And under the Eir
stein theory the relation of gravita-
tional force and light waves is such
that light is also attracted or bent
by neighboring gravitational masses.
1t is as though light, in passing 4
massive body, acted as if the light
itself possessed mass, in which case
it would be subject to gravitational
But gravitational attraction al
ways makes the attracted body move
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30

In 1905 Albert EinStein, q
.SwiSs scientist, announced a
discovery rhich he said not
tlCelUe men IN tkc acorld could
understand. 1t qcos, IN general
terms, the theory that there e.
lists. besides the three dimen-
sions IRE knoU, q fourth d.
mension. IN addition, Einstein
held that light is subject to the
lc1cs Of graritatiOn. He as
serted that rags OF light from
the stars are bent By the sln.
An opportunity Of testing
this theory came in May, 1919.
lchen the sun was in total
eclipse. Eminent scientists
1cent to Africa and Brazil and
made dissertations. At a joint
meeting of the ROYAL Society
OF London ard the Royal AstrO-
nomicql Society held recently IN
London the announcement aCas
made that the Einstein theory
had been rerifed By the obser-
rationS OF the eclipse.
Immedidtely the scientific
7corld acas set cgog. for appar-
entity mann time-tried theories
had been upset. The foUo1clng
article is q discussion Of the
Einstoin theory and its Slgnlf-
cdnce.
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then marking the hours from - 20 -
against the corresponding figures for
the first half OF the day The 2i-nour
system needs some considerable paases
for reflection before u can be readily
srasped By people accustomed TO the
older method. and except for railways
II is difficult to see that it has any ad-
van.ages for civilian needs
The reform has its enthusiastic
adherents-all reforms have. But
there are also, it would appear, con-
scientious DIRECTORS. The London
correspondent Of THE Manchester
Guardian" advises:
"ons finds no enthusiasm among
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Rejrncti0n

In regard to this criticism ~ Cd.
eclipse experiments as being due 8.
che familiar phenomena Of refrac-
zion, We must again, Of course, crei
tie eclipse astronomers with enough
foresight to have eliminated this
possible explanation before they an-
aouncei that they had actually OBJ
served the Einstein effect. Nor
would there be great difficulty in
eliminating refraction by inter-com-
pairing results obtained from diff
terent stare whose light passed the
sun at different distances. Some
tars send their light much nearer
the sun than others. Now. as we
pass from far star 20 near star.
10Th the refraction ard Einste.n
effects increase But they increase
differently, refraction Increasing
much faster than Einsteia ending.
Thus. from an in.er-comparison Of
the different stars. it should be pos
..ble to disentang'e the two effects.
and thus learn whether the Einste'n
effect has a real existence or is
merely masked resraetion
It is far 70 say that the eclipse
observations have made but toler-
ably plausible case for the theory Of
relatively, but when we receive COM
piete details Of the observations it
Will be possible to study the whole
question much more convlncirSly.
The Einstein discovery is Of no
great importance in the affairs Of
the world. Only astronomers are
affected and ordinary human beings
need not worry about the lights in
the heavens. But it is indeed
gratifying TO note that the man in
the street reallg is interested in
the eclipse observations. which. IL Is
believed, establish the truth Of Elm
STEMS predictions.
Einstein has been quoted as say
ing that not more than twelve men
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6 Nj

the standard form OF
dates" in London-provided Par
lament acts favorably on the pro-
posal to adopt the twenty-four hour
clock for general use in the United
Kingdom. "Cri" stands for Cri-
terion, a famous theater and res
taurant in Piccadilly Circus, the
corner being somewhat equivalent
to Times Square - but that has
nothing to do with the chrome
metric reform. "Sixteen-thirty" Is,
in ordinary human language, half
past 4.
A committee was recently ap
pointed by the Home Secretary 70
consider and report as to the adj
visibility of introducing the twenty
four hour dial, already in use in
France and Italy and a few other
Continental countries. The scheme
is explained in "The Manchester
Guardian" as follows:
The system Of numbering the hours
Of the day from 0 to "a is no novelty.
The astronomical day has always been
divided in that fashion, and 0 with as
tronomers is noon. In several Cont
mental countries and also in Canada p
similar system was in use long before
the war. chiefly for the purposes Of
railway time schedules, though in all
those everyday applications Of the
principle 0 represents midnight. With
that as a starting point the hours are
counted as on the ordinary clock face
up to 10. After that - takes the place
OF LA Of ., and so on Up TO e and the
temperance Of zero.
"In the earlier half Of 1913 1t was
decided to make this system Of record
ing the hours Of the day universal
throughout the British army, at home
and abroad. Tho idea was that the
change would minimize the possibility
Of . i2-hour error in any specified time
BY the omission or misrsading Of q.
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minutes 20 midnight becomes $3.50;
five minutes past midnight IS Ooo0
Unto this careful system the army
introduced yet another safeguard To
proven. Misunderstanding - and pos
sibly 70 avoid the appearance OF 20
curious an hour as 00oO-it was laid
down that dispatches were never to be
timed as midnight. From the point
Of view Of the military message the
hour was abolished. All communics-
tons were 70 be timed as either 1888
or oo.oi.
This four-hgure method is the one
used in most armies. but the usual
Continental timetables do not bother
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m. or p. m.-the 'ack emma or pip
emma Of the army signaiers.
Detailed instructions were laid down
for the recording of time under the
rev system. It was always to be ex-
pressed in four figures. the first two for
the hour. the second for the minutes.
Five past 3 in the morning. for instance
was to be expressed as 03.05-never
3.5 simply. Half-pas, three is o3.5o;
o'clock is o4OO Transferred into
the corresponding hours Of the after
noon these times would be expressed:
Five past 3 as l5.o5; half-past 3 as
1880. and 1 o'clock as 1900. Five
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ton on our part, just is much so
as if we walked up the avenue.
But this motion in the time ele-
ment is not the same as walking up
the avenue or down the side street
or upstairs. 1t is motion in a fourth
element or dimension; and this is
something the human imagination
cannot actually envisage, though we
can reason about it very simply, as
we have just seen. Here we have
the reason for the extreme difficulty
of the relatively theory. 1t can exist
only in four-dimensional space,
time being the fourth dimension.
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Is There a Fourth Dimension

that the eclipse expedition was pro-
viied with a Photographic telescope
powerful enough 10 show the more
numerous faint stars. even in the
half-darkness Of the eclipse totally.
In the absence Of details on this
point we must assume that the
eclipse astronomers had calculated
IN advance what stars would be
yisible, and provided the means OF
hotographing sufficiently faint
objects to make the success Of the
Experiment. possible.
Ore other point deserves atten-
ion at this time. The eclipse ex-
eriment has been variously criti-
cized in the press on the ground
hat ordinary atmospheric refrac-
ion in the solar atmosphere might
account fully for the observed bend
ing of the light; and it is true that
the outer atmosphere Of TIE sun
might extend far enough from the
solar surface to reach the passing
stellar light rays. Diagram
shows how stellar light. for instance.
is bent by refraction while passing
from star 5, through the terres-
trial atmosphere, to an observer on
the earth at 0. Upon entering the
outer land less dense) layer Of our
air the starlight IS bent downward;
and it receives further downward
bending as it passes successfully
denser and denser strata of the
atmosphere. For the densest part
Ct the air is near the earth's sur
face, the more rarohed part nigh up
in the atmosphere.
This Gradual changing Of the air
density makes the actua. path Of the
raw a sort of curve. and the observer
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full address must not only include
street avenue and height of floor,
but YOU must also give the date or
time when you are there. The
time thus becomes a fourth ele-
ment of your address if you
wish it to be complete, and this
is the element added by Elm
stein. You cannot designate accu-
rately and completely the position of
point (such as the doo- handle on
your front door, unless you state, in
addition to the three usual elements,
also the fourth element Of time.
Thus, the position of a point Off
capable of notion requires four ele-
ments to be completely fixed and de-
termined.
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Where's Your Door Handle?

New, is your door handle in mo-
ton? Of course it is. For the earth
is turning on its axis, carrying the
door handle with it. The earth is
also travelling around the sun in an
orbit every year, and it is known
that the sun is itself in motion, drag
cling with it the earth and its annual
orbit, too. Therefore, four elements
must be required to designate your
door handles position, and time is
the fourth element.
But Einstein has also laid down a
proposition, which to him seems
self-evident. Motion such as we
have Notwithstanding the door
handle up the street or the eartn
around the sun-thcse motions are
all relative. The door handle moves
M the street relatively to the house;
the earth moves relatively to the
sun. etc Einstein declares that
such relative motions are the only
motions that can be detected by the
human senses or by human expert
nents or observations. Such thing
"a absolute motion cannot be OBJ
served. ard never will be observed.
Therefore. your door handle may
possess absolute motion, even II II
seems to be at rest. For you can
only detect relative motions; an
absolute motion may exist and re-
main undetected. Such an unde-
tected and undiscoverable absolute
motion would, Of course, mean that
the other parts of the house, the
earth. ETC., also were partaking OF
the absolute motion, travelling along
with the door handle.
To sum up, the door handle may
he in motion, although such motion
cannot be made evident to our
senses. and at any moment 1t taxes
four elements to designate the posi-
.;on Of the door handle, viz, name
of avenue. number Of cross street,
height Of floor. time. Change any
one Of these elements and you
change the position Of the door nam
die in space; you have moved II. Ac-
cording to Einstein, you may move
the door handle and change its posi-
ton in space just as surely, II you
let time run on, as If you carry the
door handle to the next street cor
nor Hitherto we have supposed
that time could run on without
changing orr position in space; un'
der Einstsin's rslstivity theory the
marc lspse Of time may involve mo
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Rutherford Professor Of Astron-
cmy. Columbia University.
ITO GAIN an approach to Elm
stems view, let US begin by
considering what things we
need to know IN order to state
where q certain point IS. What
do you say to a person il you wish to
tell him where you live, TO give him
VOLT address? You have to tell him
at least two things. These might be
the name Of the street and the num-
ber of the house, as 2959 Broadway.
r. the same address might be given
as az the intersection OF a certain
avenue and street, as the corner OF
Broadway and 10th Street.
Let us suppose that the latter
method is used. Now, in old-1ash-
toned days no further information
would have been needed; you couid
have found the place if you knew IL
10 be at the corner of Broadway ana
11sth Street. But nowadays the adj
dress must include another element
The foregoing two elements only TX
or determine the spot on the eartns
surface where your home is. To give
n complete address you must, IN ao-
dition. add the height Of your home
above the earth's surface; you mus''
for instance, say that you live on the
tenth floor. Thus, the number OF
elements in your address is increased
from two to three, and Einstein has
not yet been heard from.
But now, suppose You some''"e'
ovsyour home from on: .ps1'msn'
=. .nnthsn Evidently your
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in the world would understand the
new discoveries and their signiti-
cance. This may be true. But in
any event the theories advanced
have provoked the interest and the
curiosity Of the ncn-scient.hc world.
This is something new. Heretofore,
the world has let science 90 its
way alone, and has been coldly in
different. And it affords much sat-
isfaction to scientists in general to
realize that the average man is
interested in the thought that the
stars may be further away from the
earth than we have believed.
It should also be recorded that
the general acceptance Of the
theory will not affect practical
scientific matters 70 any great ex-
tent. It IS OF great importance,
however, in that it affects the I'M
DERIVING theoretic foundations Of
science. This statement might have
been made in precisely the same
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with varying velocity. An object
let fall on the earth from a high
tower will fall faster and faster as
It approaches the terrestrial sur
face. Therefore, in considering the
action of light, passing lin Einstein
suace) near massive attracting
body it is as though we had to con-
slider our former door handle NOV
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in precisely the same positions they
previously occupied when the eclips5
photographs were made.
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Einstein's Theory Has Given a
Tremendous Jolt to the
World of Science

scientific speculation, it now puts
forward a plausible claim to an &C.
tual physical existence. The neces-
sary experiment was made last May
on the occasion of a total eclipse
of the sun. Press reports have al
ready described this experiment at
length. Briefly stated, it consists
in photographing the sky immedi-
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EFT me at the Cri at
sixteen thirty" Be
fore long such will be
the standard form Of
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By Harold Jacoby

Rutherford Professor Of Astron-
cmy, Columbia University
Arizona republican., 1919-05-06

opportunities secured by women is the message sent to the women throughput the country by Maragetta Neale. as sistant to the director general of the United States employment service.
 Many of the largest women's orgsb izations of the country have already pledged their aid to the employment service in securing work for dcmo5il ized men
 The Mothers day association in send ing out their appeal asks that Mother s day, May Il, be made the climax of the drive and that employment Of soldiers and sailors and honor to mothers be talked of over the land in connection with the widespread observance of the day.
 Neither the United States employ ment service nor the Mothers day as sociatfon makes or counfen2nces any plea for funds. These employment op- portunities should be listed on cards provided for the purpose It is asked that every church. fraterr-si patriotic, civic and welfare organization which is interested in the observance Of Mothers day of the re-emplcynenk of soldiers, assist actively m this cam > paign-
Arizona republican., 1919-05-06
MOTHERS DAY WILL HELP IN DRIVE FOR
 JOBS FUR SOLDIERS

Mothers day this year is to be Moth CTS and Sons day, in order to strengthen the drive being made by the United States employment service for jobs for the soldiers and sailors this week.
 "The Mothers day international as sociation gladly breaks its rule of for bidding appeals to be made in it's name in order to aid the government in ob- taining employment for demobilized men," says Miss Anna Jarvis, founder and president of the association. 'Ev- cry man in his heart reveres the mother who dreamed of a great future for him based on the work of his hands or head. Every mother is honored when profitable employment is offered the men who gave up work to enter the sexvice of their country. Every mother has right to feel her sacrifices have been disregarded, her high call ing debased so long as a single soldier is debarred from opportunity to work. No man can be a son worthy of his mother while he is an outcast from the constructive forces of the country"
 Every one of the 15,000, 900 or 20, ,000,- 060 women in organizations, every church member and attendant, every mother, indeed every woman in the United States, irrespective of race or creed or color, is interested ins re-em- ployment of our soldiers and sailors. They create a new, powerful force in our national life. Of the success with which these men are reabsorbed into business and industry depends the hap piness of their mothers, the security of their wives, the futnrc " their chil- dren, the civic progress or retrogres- sion of our nation in the years to come, Employment week and Mothers day May II, offer an unparalleled oppor- tunity for women to show their inter-
 est in securing positions for our de-
 mobiliZed men, It is to be hoped that
 the women throughout the nation will
 make this time special endeavor, and 1 that as is peculiarly fitting, Mothers day may see this effort fructified ir hundreds and thousands of employment
Arizona republican., 1919-05-06
Ellen Beach Yaw in Mesa

Music lovers will hail with delight the notice that Ellen Beach Yaw, the Prima Donna soprano will be at the Orpheum tonight.
 Miss Yaw is a singer of international reputation and securing her for Mesa Is indeed an exceptional treat William Menhennet, manager Of the Orpheum theater, is doing public service in of fering Miss Yaw to the Mesa public, for the expense attached to securing the attraction forbids any profit to the theater. It is claimed that in addition to a voice of wonderful sweetness, and declared to by Thomas Edison after a scientific test, to be without flaw, Miss Yaw reaches at tines double high c, the highest note reached by any singer in the world. The entertainment begins at S:15 o'clock.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-06
Wonderful Growth of Marioona Stalk,

During the conference of Maricopa stake L. D. s. just brought to a close, president J. W. Lesueur made the fol- lowing comparisons:
 The membership of the stake is now $500 as against 1900 when the presi- dency was installed New chapels have been completely recently in Phoenix. Gilbert and on the Indian reservation. A new chapel for Chandler has been provided for, new amusement hall for Alma. New buildings have also been erected in Pine and Ray.
 In general church activity of which close and systematic record is kept in every stake, President Lesueur re- ported that Maricopa stake stood sixth among the "A stakes of the church, and that this is one of the fastest growing 1 stakes of the church. He further re- ported that the prospects are good for securing for Mesa the proposed new 1 temple
 This temple when erected will repre- sent an expenditure of approximately S200, ,000.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-06
RsmodeIinq Store Interior

Manager Novis of the J. (. Penny store, has already found what every other merchant in Mesa has had to contend with, that the business is out growing the store space. Mir. Novis is taking steps to remedy this con dition and has had the partition in the rear, which has separated the store from the reserve stock warehouse re-
 moved, and included the entire build
 ing in one large sales room extending 150 feet in length. Other changes now being made will add materially to the convenience of customers and the ease with which the trade can be handled.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-06
Mesa City Realty Active

J. H. Rogers of Mesa has bought the J. c. Spangler 1K acres on the corner of North Mcdonald and West Second streets. It is thought that MT. Rogers will erect three modern residences on the property which is among the best located in town.
 W. J. Lackey, Mrs. Ethel Riall and Mrs. Ethel Davis have bought three cottages adjoining on West Second street, owned by Mrs. Mossbarger.
 Samuel H. Rogers has purchased the residence known as the old Nets place on East Second avenue, from Wilfert Davis.
 O. c. McE1rath bought from Mrs. Briggs, the house and lot opposite the l.. B. Johnson home on east Second av- enue and known as the Suggs place.
 MT. and Mrs. Buckley, having con cluded the purchase from J. J. Arm strong of the lot on the corner of south Hilbert and east First avenue. are pre- pairing to build nice home thereon. Several property owners along east First avenue are urging the council to order this excellent thoroughfare paved. but thus far the city fathers are say ing nothing.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-06
RED GROSS WAR ROOM l
 AT TEMPE IS CLOSED.

TEMPE, May e.-The production committee of the local Red Cross are now busy closing up the Red Cross room for war work. However other Red Cross work has been arranged on the peace basis which is just as inn portant as the war work which is now completed. This work will be composed of the junior Red Cross, sal wage, home service and first aid The Red Cross is now making plans for a salvage shop which will open some time in the near future.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-06
EuneraI of Mrs. Fl. e. Savior

The funeral services of Mrs. Fl c. Saylor was held on Sunday afternoon at the family residence near Mesa, and one of the largest assemblages seen for years in the Mesa cemetery gathered around the last resting place of the beloved wife and mother. The funeral services was conducted by Rev. J. R. Rountree of Tempe. Arrange
Arizona republican., 1919-05-06
Mrs. Coffin is Rsioicina

Mrs. H. Coffin. 8 Mesa ranch owner, is almost too happy to tell about it today, for she is in receipt of a mes sage stating that her son Edwin had arrived in Camp Dix from France. He had been wounded twice in battle and the mother has passed many an anxious month. Her many friends are rejoicing with her over the speedy home coming of the young soldier.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-06

that Williams had been selling White Mule" liquor in gallon quantities. it appearing that the name in no degree exaggerating the qualities of the kick contained in the juice.
 Williams was taken to Phoenix yes terday evening for his examining trial. Two other men have been arrested and are being held as witnesses in the case.