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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
Science

Since the great japanese earthquake
many shocks of lesser intensity have
been recorded. These have ranged
from shocks that caused considerable
damage to ones that hardly could be
detected without scientific instru-
ments The shocks, occurring in
widely separated parts of the world,
seem to indicate a subsistence or dy-
ing down of the great initial disturb
ance.
At the time of a great quake the
entire earth is affected. 1t continues
to pulsate for four or five hours. 1t
takes twenty-one minutes for a shock
to reach an exactly opposite point on
the globe. This is shown accurately
by the seismograph, the instrument
that records earthquakes.
Scientists are working constantly
on the seismograph 1t has been con-
siderably improved in recent years.
1t now has an attachment that warns
the observer in advance of O possible
big quake. At the first earth move
ment a platinum wire dips in a globule
of mercury, causing an electric cur
rent, which rings a bell. J. J. Shaw
of the chronological committee of the
British association was thus awak-
ened by the first faint shocks of the
Japanese earthquake
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
A BOILER MAKER FOR PRESIDENT

mi job of being President satisfy everybody
l hard one Sometimes it takes orator. sometimes
scholar often law gver economist pubc but day
between and 1 o'clock it has taken boilermaker
That the hour when the daily drove of tourists Wash
ngon hered like mad through the executive offices shake
hands with the President.
Mr. Coolidge the White House. folks
prolific with advice effect that he President ought
shaking hands with everybody It's mu9h 1t killed
Harding How he have time for his duties he has shake
hands all day? Eft Et cetera!
For almost year Mr. Coolidge stood it. Daily Sundays
for church, he consented having his right hand and
by 1913 varieties of small and large corned
hanshakers Last week decided the field
ey Jack Dempsey Doug Fairbanks and others who make
really good money the game 1t ism worth for the
$4,000 year they pay Presidents
The day after the President this sensible
cson Senator Thomas J. Hen of Alabama the
to lament and criticise follows:
American citizens who here visiting the Capital
the privilege of shaking hands with their President This is
be denied them Boys could tell their children
chdren children how into the White House and be
uSheed into the presence of real live vre robust President
and shake his vigorous hand and have him word them
they pasedthoe who constitute the strength and the glory
the Nation-but it will not be any more
Isn't too bad, thought
Hereafter there be just bet for the poor disap
pointed schooboy who used Washington he
could have things tell his children chdrenno
be happens visit the Capitol he will always be able tell folks
back home how he heard Senator Hefn talking.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
STAY AWAY FROM FRANCHISES

E motor bus line operating in Indianapolis asking
for twentyfveyear franchise allowing the of the
for that period.
city should grant franchise to this line any
other line of the any bus line
that operates under proper regulations.
The day the franchise gone Indiana. Indianapolis
utilities their
operating ndeermnate permits from
the public service commission.
What Indianapolis needs is real competition in the ranspor
ation field If half dozen bus lines wish the streets they
permitted city supervision Franchises
necessary for this
Bus lines should be granted special privileges
indianapolis Street Railway Company.
Jtney buses should be excluded They and
problem handling traffic They fair weather carriers
anything like fixed schedules The
aons should be such that this type of bus would be excluded
the time the field should be left reliable
operators of the large type of busses
ALL restrictions against buses taking unload
passengers used by and the restrictions against
the OF bOulevards should be lifted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
around TO1Cn

We wonder if most folks can appre-
ciate the depreciation data in the
water valuation case at Federal Court
Shank in advocating home rule for
local communities might start a little
home rule at the City Hail, somebody
has suggested.
It's about time to swat the fly!
Not only civic leaders, but the stu
dents are for The Indianapolis Times
plan for reduced car fare for school
boys and girls.
Van and schenck may have started
as motorman and conductor as they
say they did, but they have Travelled
a long way since
That blind-folded man who drives
an automobile does a better Job of
1t than some motorists who can see.
In Kansas a public school has only
one pupil. and in Indianapolis most
of the schools have so many pupils
1t is hard to take care of them.
Isn't it strange how economical
some candidates are with public funds
before the election?
About al most Of us can under
stand about these water hearings is
that the rate usually goes up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
OUe9 the Fence
By HAN, COCHRAN


It's only a fence. but the use is i'm
mense of the fence that stands out
in the yard. For every housewife
spends a share of her life swapping
sugar and butter and lard.
She'll lean on the fence when
there's naught else to do and call to
the neighbor next door. The air rings
aloud with a merry 700 hoo, and the
borrowings started once more.
much to my sorrow, 1 find 1 must
borrow a couple of eggs and some
lard. I've started my making and.
really cake making without these two
items is hard
The neighbor complies and she
earnestly tries to indicate gladness
to loan But thoughts that are deep
are why doesn't she keep these
things that she needs, of her OWN"
Like Old Mother Hubbard, nom
goes to the cupboard and finds that
it's bare of things; hence the things
by the score that should come from
the store are the things that come
over the fence.
Copyright 1924. NEA Service)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
MuSicIand

The piano proper is a comparatively
new instrument. 1t was first called
the "pianoforte." meaning. literally,
loud soft" 1t was invented by an
Italian named Christoford, 1909
While this instrument was very much
smaller than the modern piano, it
possessed the Identical mechanical
construction. From 1909 men of all
nations strove to perfect the In
strument, and a great many different
kinds of pianos were produced. Today
America is acclaimed the most adj
vanced nation in this production. The
most recent step, in the advance of
pianos, is the electric plano.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
NO w BILL
BRYAN HAS
NEW IDEA
Commoner Would Give indie
pendenCe to Island Near
Cuba,
By KENNETH WATSON


William Jennings Brayn of grape
Juice" fame. has a new hobby. It's
independence for the Isle of Pines. >"
From his VILLA Serena" ct Miami,
Fla, Bryan has Just written a long
letter TO every United States Sen
ator urging ratification Of a treaty
which would permanently cede the
island to Cuba
The treaty has been hanging fire
since March 2. 1904 Meanwhile. Cuba
has exercised control over the island
against bitter protests from American
property owners there.
For twenty years ratification has
been delayed because a considerable
portion II the Isle of Pines was boreht
by Americans, and the contention IS
they bought it because they thought
the United States was going to take
the island" Bryan states in his letter.
No Good Reason
Facts show they had no sufficient
reason for thinking so, therefore.
they cannot demand the transfer OF
sovereignty merely to make good their
investments"
Bryan says there are but 700
Americans living on the island and
claims that unless the treaty is rati-
fed the rights Of 10000 Americans in
Cuba viii be impaired.
The Great Commoner" concludes
by saying that Florida has an acute in
terest in ratification of the treaty with
Cuba and that this state would suffer
most from any interruption of friend
" relations with Cuba.
Versions Differ
Just what prompted Bryan to write
the letter Is unknown.
Edward Vanish, former postmaster
of St. Paul. now representing the Isle
of Pines Chamber of Commerce. says
that twice as many Americans as
Bryan claims actually live on the
island. and that 10000 Americans own
property there.
Ninety per cent of the island is
owned by Americans who went there
on Government representation that
the island belonged to the United
States" Vanish says. Cuba should
have no claim whatever to the island
as it was coded by Spain to the United
States in 1898 and official Govern
ment maps published in 1899 show
II as American property"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
Test Yourself

Any one who can tie his own shoe
laces should be able to complete this
test successfully. Try it on your or
7-year-old son or daughter
Have the person to be tested leave
the room.
Then tie a string around a pencil
in double bow knot, with two loops,
each three inches long. and with the
ends about four inches long.
Call the test victim into the room.
Give him another piece of string and
ask him tc tie it on another pencil
while you hold it for him. The prob
lem is to duplicate exactly the same
knot. Allow one minute for the com
pletion Of this test.
(All rights reserved sloy Science Service Ills
Conn. Ave. N W.. Washington. D.C)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
They Don't Mean 1t

Politicians, striving for nominations
and lambasting their opponents. must
not forget that after the primary they
will be expected TO say they will
strive to the utmost of their ability
toward the election of the candidates.
who have defeated them.-Marion
Leader-Tribune.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
TROTSKY. JAPS AND U. S.

8" lMPERIALSTIC AMERICA, spous Trotsky he leaps
nmby back into the meight after years mysterious
journ in shadow sis carefully preparing for war;
Right now, he tell shuddering world the United
States developing diabolcal machine with which it
tends to snuff out ''enfeebled Japan
After that he indicates will proceed annhate Europe
All of which suggests that Trotsky have spent of
his recent retirement in padded cell.
According Rear Admiral Nomura leading Japanese
not only already deficient cruisers but daily
getting farther behind.
Unless the United States Immediately lays down
completion whole flock ships says by
viii have four times and Japan than twice tonnage
The SOB ratio for capital ships fixed by the Washington
Conference for America Britain respectively
been fairly maintained it but in naval air strength
empower again lag sadly behind
Where have Japan the japanese expert points
in deroyers and submarines We have
But such ships home defense and virtually useless
purposes 5000 5000 miles from their base
Inasmuch the only to lick Japanor Europe-s
gain keep SEAS terribly like pe
pairing for war; doesn't t7
We may be headed war; strictly unnten
tional Our Government is of it certainly
making preparations for it. If it will
know it.
WHEN comes to permanent waves crime has one that
stays put
ANOTHER hope dashed says he did not mean that
he thought of quitting
THE BIOLOGICAL survey may good but
it can never make him way.
ALSO, MR.. VANDERBILT has erased himself from rubber
concern, might say
MAN MAY BE able a years,
French scientist says but is be hoped animals will
be able to tell what they think of him.
TRAVELLER tells that in Siam
groom his bride sitter ceremony which
would be called fast work in these United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
FORESIGHT

The forward looking infant of the
future, who wants the best chance
In the Indiana primaries, will pick
out a father whose name begins with
A or B. This will avail him much,
unless four or more run for the same
office, under the present system
Clinton CIintonian.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
4 Thought

Boast not myself of tomorrow; for
thou knowest not what a day may
bring forth.-Prov, 27:1.
Who knows whether the gods will
add tomorrow to the present hour?-
Horace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
Northern Lights

Science now is able to manufacture
an imitation aurora borealis on small
scale, but there seems to be a very
limited market for 1t. It might be
offered for use as candidates hod-
IONS. -Lafayette Journal and Courier
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Family Fun
Oh. That Way!

Yes, sir your hired man came in
here. hired room and then fell asleep
In a bathtub with the water running. 8"
do tell. And did the tub overflow"
NO" responded the hotel clerk
Luckily. he slept with his mouth
open."-Whiz Bang.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
One For Auntie

Ma, why don't hens have teeth2"
They don't need them. dear; they
have bills for teeth"
Aunt Kate has a bill for teeth. Is
that the reason she's called an old
hen? "-Boston Transcript.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24

And so you accepted that young
mailing clerk?"
How could l help 1t! He addressed
me rapidly, then enveloped me in his
arms. stamped a kiss on my lips and
sealed 1t all with a hug!"-Judge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
Ask The Times

You can get an answer to any ques-
ton of fact or information by writing
70 the Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau, 1922 New York Ave, Wash
ington. d. c.. inclosing cents in
stamps for reply Medical legal and
marital advice cannot be given, nor
can extended research be undertaken
All other questions win receive a per
sonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. All letters are confden-
tial-EditOr
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r-in-Iaw

Now. by mothers cooking
"Oh. hope not m sure your moth
err lived a good religious life. "-Boston
Transcript.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
PROBE HAS
NOT SLOWED
LEGISLATION
Members of Congress Tell of
Work Done in SeS-
sion,
SI0Ni
BY LOWELL MELLETT

Have the Investigations into oil, jus
tice, revenues and prohibition inter
fered with the legislative work OF Con
gress? Every now and then a mem.
Der of the Senate goes of to Maine
or Chicago and tells the people the
interference has been serious. Cabi-
net members have complained. Sc
has President Coolidge.
But no member of the Senate has
complained-in the Senate. The best
answer to the complaint, perhaps, is
found in the Congressional Record of
April f. Senator Robinson of Arkan
sas speaking:
Il make now the assertion that.
whatever view Senators may take of
the Investigations which this body
has ordered, and which it's committees
are conducting, those Investigations
have not retarded for an instant the
disposition of any important measure
before this body. If any Senator
chooses to challenge that statement
I invite him to do so now. d.
No Senator answers.
Only One Important
Senator Jones then declared. with
out contradiction, that there was
then only one important measure on
the Senate calendar, the immigration
bill, and that il was proceeding as
rapidly as possible under any circum-
stances. Senator Pittman called at
tention 70 the fact that the finance
committee. handling the revenue and
tax bills. had not been interfered
with by the Investigations. The same.
he said, was true as to the Interstate
Commerce Committee handling rail-
road legislation.
Senator Overman called attention to
the fact that the Appropriations Com
mittee had not been interfered with
and was up with its work.
Many Meetings
Senator Lodge said that while four
members of the Foreign Relations
Committee had had TO be absent be-
cause Of the Investigations. the com
mittee had nevertheless got through
with twenty OF the twenty-five trea-
ties placed before 1t and had reported
sull another one.
y The business Of that committee has
been done" he said. Later he said:
Il have had the committee meet twice
a week, which Is twice the usual mum
Der Of meetings"
Another statement by Lodge, ma
jority floor leader. had even greater
Significance. Much fear has been ex-
pressed, by persons seeking to show
that legislation has been paralyzed
that the ANNUAL appropriation bills
may fail to pass,
Il want TO say further" said Lodge,
that there has been certainly no de-
lay on the appropriation bills. They
have been passed as rapidly as they
have come up"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24

Soldier bonus is about settled. We
couldn't think of having war with
Japan until that was all fixed up.
Harry Thaw may, not be crazy,
but there is something wrong with
any rich man who stays in jail so
long.
Germany has accepted Dawes re-
port in principle. May mean some
thing and may not. Germany is a
great little accepter.
More DRINKS found in Philadel-
phia. in spite of the cleanup. Maybe
they were celebrating being cleaned
up.
Republican convention is sched-
uled to last six days, but 1t is just
about over right now.
Thurston, the magician, can get
lots of things out of a hat. but it
takes a woman to get ton of salts
faction from a new bonnet.
London dancing masters say the
jazz craze is just about gone, the
optimists.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
High Snot for Dad

"A boy, Ell? Congratulations, old
man, on the happiesr occasion of your
life!'
''Well, well! How did you hear I'd
got that cunker out of the furnace?"
Judge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
Other Editors
Chewing

But Mr. Wrigley got the worth Of
his money invested in the Hi Johnson
campaign. Setting jaws in motion is
the business of Mr.. Wrigley.-Frank-
fort News.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24

SHOWN TO
BE CORRECT
Star Images Shifted in
Eclipse as He Said They
Would.
By DAVID DIETZ.
Science Editor Of The Time

science EQlLOT Oh Inc lines
T~1 HE Einstein theory is most
easily understood by first get
- ting in mind the older concepts
of the universe and then noting how
Einstein's views differ from them.
The older view was that time and
space were separate entities and each
existed independently of the other.
Time and space were regarded as
infinite.
Another way of stating this would
be to say that we regarded time. and
space as absolute"
All space was regarded as being
filled with the medium known as the
ether.
Time was always regarded as con-
slant and Independent of the motions
Of bodies. 1t was believed that a sec
ond to a man at rest and a second to
a man in a speeding airplane were ex-
actly the same interval of time.
Rules Not Set
The length of objects was regarded
as constant and in no way dependent
upon their motion. It was believed
that the length Of an arrow at rest
and the length of the same arrow
when shot threw the air was exactly
the same.
The laws Of geometry were believed
to be constant throughout the uni
verse. 1t was believed that the cir
conference of a circle would be
3.1416 times the diameter of the circle
on Mars or Jupiter or anywhere else
in the universe, just as it is here on
earth.
The speed of light was believed to
be constant and light was believed
to travel always in at straight line.
The action Of gravity was believed
to be constant and independent of
the motion Of bodies.
Einstein, however, pictured other
conditions in the universe from those
just outlined.
For example, he proclaimed that
light did not always travel in
straight lines. 1t was this conten-
ton that first brought worldwide no.
tice to Einstein.
Images Shift
For he predicted that when photo
gTdpHS were taken Oh an ScnpS6 OIL
the sun, the star images on the pho
tographic plate would be found to
have shifted out of their normal posi-
tons.
Einstein said that this would be
due to the fact that the rays of
light coming from these stars
would be bent out of straight lines
as they passed by the sun due to
the suns gravitational action. The
bending of the rays toward the sun
would make the star images appear
to shift away from the sun.
And eclipse photos proved Einstein
was right Dr. w. w. Campbell,
head of the Lick Observatory, who
measured the 1922 eclipse plates
said that there could be no doubt
about the correctness of Einstein's
contention that the star images We're
displaced
Here was real proof of one of
Einstein's contentious And many
of the most eminent scientists, both
Of Europe and America. now accept
the entire Einstein theory as a cor
rect view of the universe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
Tom Sims Says:

The Jap problem looks real trou-
blesome now. but may cool off after
we blow over it while.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24

NEXT ARTICLE: The Einstein
Theory.
Copyright, 1924, by David Dietz)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24
Selecting Family Music

Selecting Family Music
Miss-Have you kissed Me in the
Twilight"
Music Clerk-It must have been the
man at the next counter. I've been
here only a week.-Detroit News.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24

How many wireless towers are
there at Arlington, Va, and
what are the heights?
Three; the tallest is 600 feet high
and the other two 45o feet each.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24

What is the record distance
walked In one hour7
Eight miles. AS yards, made by G..
E. Larner, London, England.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24

What is the recipe for Mock An
gel Food?
Three level teaspoons baking pow.
der, l level cup -four, level cup sug-
ar. pinch OF salt. cup hot sweet milk
vanilla, 2 egg whites beaten stiff. Sift
the first flour ingredients FIVE times
add other ingredients. Bake in a hot
oven
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24

How many immigrants are al
lowed to come to the United States
from Portugal in a year?
Yearly, 2,465; monthly quota, 4s3.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24

Was Hugo SHINES Of Jewish
parentage? Where was he born?
No though this story has been
widely circulated. His father was OF
pure Teutonic stock and his mother
mee Coupienne) was descendant Of
the French Huguenots. SHINES was
born at Mulheim in the Rhineland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24

How can grease spots be re-
moved from carpets?
One way ~ to rub talcum powder
into the spot. The powder will alb
sorp the grease or. oil. Then run the
electric vacuum cleaner over the pow
der, and the spot will disappear into
the lungs of the cleaner. If the grease
has become hard, run a hot electric
iron over the spot after the powder
has been applied. The iron win soften
the grease. and the vacuum cleaner
viii do the rest
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24

Is there any truth in the state
mont that airplanes have been
used to fight mosquitoes?
Yes; the region around Mound, La,
is very swampy and badly infested
with malarial mosquitoes. The Air
Service of the United States Army sup
piled specially equipped airplanes and
the planes would fly over parts of the
swamps which otherwise were inacces-
sible and spread a poison consisting Of
paris green heavily diluted with
Tripoh earth.
How many bookkeepers are
there In the United States?
In the census report bookkeepers are
classified with cashiers. There are
6l6,237 bOokkeepers and cashiers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-24

How many bridges and tunnels
connect the United States and
Canada7
There are seventeen highway
bridges, one suspension foot bridge,
fourteen railroad bridges and two rail
tries