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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

COMPOSES
ELECTIONS
According to This View of
Scientists, All Matter Is
Electricity.
BY DAVID DIETZ,
Science Editor of The Times.
Copyright by David DietzJ'


~ HE electron is the ultimate par
lIII ticle from which all matter is
constituted.
All matter, as we saw, is con-
structed of molecules. There are as
many different kinds of molecules as
there are substances in the universe.
Molecules, we saw, We're only vari-
Gus combinations Of smaller particles
called atoms. There are only ninety
two atoms, one kind of atom for each
Of the ninety-two chemical elements.
The molecules of elements are made
up of the same sort of atoms. For
example, each molecule of oxygen
consists Of two atoms of oxygen.
The molecules of all substances,
which the chemist calls compounds,
are mixtures Of atoms, Thus, as we
saw, a molecule of water consists Of
two atoms of hydrogen and one of
| oxygen.
Only Two Kinds
Atoms in turn are composed Of
electrons. There are only two kinds
Of electrons. One is the positive and
the other the negative.
Therefore. in the final analysis,
there are only two different sub
stances in the universe--the positive
electron and the negative electron.
For scientists believe that all posi-
tive electrons are exactly alike and
that all negative electrons are ex-
actly alike.
The word "proton" is sometimes
~ cir
And similarly the word electron is
frequently used by itself to mean the
negative electron. In most scien.
tific literature. whenever the word
electron is found alone, it is the
negative one which Is meant.
The molecule, we saw. had a diane.
/ ter OF about one northumberland
twenty fvemillionth OF an inch.
The diameter Of the average atom
is about one decentralization
of an inch
How large, then, is an electron?
II an atom were .maRnlhee- to the
size Of a big office building, the cleo.
trons composing it would be about
| the size Of pln-heads.
The diameter of an electron il
about observation-disclosures OF that
OF the average atom.
Negative Is Larger
As the result Of many careful and
complicated experiments. the physi.
cist believes that the negative cleo
iron is larger than the positive cleo
iron, but that the positive electron
Is heavier, that is. possesses greater
mass.
In fact, It is believed that the
mass Of an atom is due almost ell.
tirely to the positive electrons in It,
the mass OF the negative ones being
practically negligible
One more question one naturally
asks is; What are electrons com
posed Off
The physicist believes that they
are electricity. The positive electron
Is the unit Of positive electricity and
the negative electron is the unit of
negative electricity.
According to this view, matter is
electricity and all the phenomena In
the universe are fundamentally ele..
trical.
Next article in series: "Ffow EIec.
irons Form Atoms"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07
FarIners' Troubles

To the Editor Of The Times
Relief for agriculture Is one of the
most pressing problems confronting
us today" Carleton B. McCulloch,
gubernatorial candidate. is quoted as
saying
The fact that farmers are throwing
up their hands, leaving their farms
vacant is not only true, but condi-
ton that requires a research into the
cause. as we'll as an effort by the In
telligence of this age, to find the
remedy, and cure the disease.
Farmers, especially the youth, are
going to the city. hunting Jobs to get
money to live on. Cities are boosting
the propaganda to enlarge their do
main, stalking off town lots in all d.
rections, selling them for one dollar
down and five dollars a week, claim
ing this is the way to eventually own
a home.
The city merchants approve OF this
method. The city politician seconds
the motion, and the city financier puts
on the cup sheaf, loans this earnest
seeker of a home money and secures
a mortgage, turns the note into the
bank, gets more money there; then
finds another subject.
What is the matter with the coun-
try? Nine hundred and ninety-nine
cases out Of every thousand troubles
that the country endures spring from
the fact that there is no money OBJ
tainable to conduct the farm.
Within gunshot of where this arti-
Gle is written, there are one thousand
acres that will lie idle this season.
The farmers can not pool their inter
est, sell common and preferred stock
to obtain money Governor McCray
tried this scheme and we know the
result; so does he.
1t will work in the city and last
for a time. 1t originated among the
f1nanciers there. All we have to do is
to await results from this mode OF &C.
ton. Eventually, the case of Governor
McCray will demonstrate results.
Stagnation in every line of business,
I. o. Us coming due, with no money
to pay the bills. Everything that
Europe lacks to settle all difficulties
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

BIZ NEA Service
ri ALTIMORE, Md, April T.
| X THE girl who wouldn't tell, -
III has won her suit against the
University Of Maryland.
Patama parades, petting parties,
kimonos, midnight expression
VS.. university rules-freedom for men
students VS.. rigid discipline for girl
co-eds-
All these were aired in Baltimore
city court when Judge Charles w.
Heuisler. of the supreme bench. heard
the suit of Miss Vivian V. Simpson Of
Washington, D. c., against the uni
versity.
Miss Simpson, after finishing three
years, was ordered not TO return last
fall for her senior year. So she sued
for Reinstatement.
She won. Judge Heuisler has just
handed down a mandamus compelling
the university to receive her as a stu
dent.
The decision included a singing re-
buke for DR.. Albert Woods. president
of the university.
The court found, in effect. that the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07
II OM SIMS
L y x Says

There are 10000 muscles in an ele-
plants trunk. and when you are trav-
cling the baggage men think you have
that many in yours.
More than a billion dollars worth
Of women's clothing were made in the
United States last year, but 1t isn't
the woman who tys.
we like spring much better than
winter because in spring everybody
else is lazy, too.
In Omaha. a lightning streak tore
a mans shoes of without hurting
him, which certainly was a streak of
luck.
You can increase the population of
any town by having no bathing suit
censor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07
Traffic

To the Editor Of The Times
Every ones talking about the rapid
increase In traffic congestion. due TO
tremendous auto production. Any one
with reasonably far vision can see
the time close at hand when traffic In
cities viii be congested to snail's pace
unless double-decked streets are built.
The other solution would be for
airplanes to be made cheap and fool
proof. diverting traffic to the cir. This
seems the more logical development to
expect Whenever humanity needs
anything badly enough, some one
comes forward with it. That will be
the way with flying fiivvers.
MOTORIST.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07
Vision

To the Editor Of The Times
one in every four American school
children has defective vision or eye
strain. This is announced after ex-
aiming more than four million stu
dents.
II also is known that defective eye
sight is the cause Of much mental
baCkwardness among school children.
The Ounce used 10 be whipped and
stood up in the corner with a paper
cone on his head Now the teacher
sees that he gets glasses and gives
him special training, maybe a CLAN
dular extract to stimulate his brain
through his thyroid.
Some Of the old-time teachers. in
their treatment of dull" pupils were
as much ounces as the one with a pa
per hat. OPTOMETRlST.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

% NJ u HILB was in Los Angeles
WI the ether day on some bust
IL ness" said the man in tho
smoker from Ell Centre, who was d
movie fan Il went to see one of
those dog pictures. We have a dog at
home than can do everything but talk.
He actually takes the hose and puts 1t
in the grass and turns on the water
and drinks out of the nozzle. Well,
anyway, while I was sitting there en-
joying the beautiful mountains full
Of dogs and snow and wolves, two
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

Readers Discuss Vices i'm Times Forum

: MAKE YOUR COMMENT BRIEF
is money and the intelligence to use
it. In the face of these facts, Pier
pont Morgan in New York City is
floating a loan for Japan of one hun
dred and dfty million dollars. Europe
already owes the United States eleven
billion.
Every large city In the United
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07
Heard i'm the Smoking Room

ladies came into see the picture. They
arrived in The midst of a comedy.
"One Of The ladies turned to me
while a tabloid version of Faust was
being sung. She had evidently come
to see dogs. and nothing else but
dogs Marguerite was having her
usual high note discussion with Me
phistopholes about the price of boil
ogna. Quota the lady:
don't they have dogs in this show?'
"'Yes, ma'am, one hot dog, Me-
phistophones
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

States is bonding every dollars worth
of property within it's limits for
money to meet current expenses.
Money, money-what is it? What
makes it so essential what gives it
its power, and why can not we rob
it of its terror?
FRENCH HOLLINSHEAD
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07
4 Thought

Greater love hath no man than this
that a man lay down his life for his
friends John 1913.
Owe is the beginning, the mid
die and the end Of everything
IL -Lacordaire,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07
animal Facts

Woodsmen steer clear of chestnut
trees in thunder storm because that
tree is supposed to attract lightning
Out of 1000 observations of trees
struck by sky bolts, 80 per cent were
chestnuts.
Deer's scent is in his foot, where is
located a pocket containing a paste
that smells like rank cheese. This
substance rasses into the hoof and
ooZes to the outside. Thus every step
he takes leaves a tell-tale odor for
the keen noses of dog or wolf When
ever he can the deer takes to water
because he knows 1t washes the ac
cursed paste off his hoofs.
That clever young writer on science,
David Dietz, says truly that the sci
entists have failed to find what life is.
But they have discovered sprotoplasm
the elemental matter that is life itself
Protoplasm is practically the same in
both animal and vegetable life, a semi
liquid, semi-jelly substance. But the
instant they start to analyze proto-
plasm chemically, even by the most
delicate processes known, 1t dies. A
dead thing cannot give up the secret
of life.
The death watch beetle, which
works inside Of wood and makes a
constant tapping noise, has eaten
holes in the gigantic beams of West
minister Hall, London. big enough for
a child to crawl into
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Q U E S T I o N 8
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A N S w E R s

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TO the Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau, 1929 New York Ave, Wash
ington. D. c., inclosing 2 cents in
stamps for reply. Medical. legal and
marital advice cannot be given. nor
can extended research be undertaken.
All other questions will receive a per-
eonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. All letters are confden-
tial-Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07
Family Fun
Little Billy Safe

Teacher caught Billy in mischief
and called him to account. Billy.
what will you do if 1 call up your
mother and tell her what you've
done?"
You can't. My first mamas gone
on her honeymoon with my new papa,
and my old papa has gone on his
honeymoon with my new mama. -
Argonaut.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

What is boiled nnseed oil?
Oil obtained by boiling raw linseed
oil with ntharge, sugar Of lead or
some other substance, the result being
a dark oil that dries quickly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

IS SAID the major league ball teams contained
many college showing that higher education
has learned, at last, how to get in the big money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07
How is salt made?

It is not made" To the chemists.
it is sodium chloride. The chief
sources of salt are sea water, rock
salt deposits, and brines. Most of
that produced in the United States is
obtained from brines by evaporation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

q SAVING France starts off if it going be very
profitable business speaking franc person would
another.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

Evangeline Booth, Salvation Army:
THE bobbed-hair fapper is neither i'm
modest nor immoral in following the
styles, Her mother did it before her"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

Where is Buffalo Bill buried7
The body of w. E. Cody, Buffalo
Bib is buried on Mt. Lookout, just
outside of Denver, Colo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

Russell Watson, professor of for
estry, University OF Michigan: There
never will be any need of substitutes
for wood, if proper and wise use is
made of the lands that now lie idle
throughout our country"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

Mrs. leila A. McBerty, electrical ex-
pert: There were many times I
doubted whether 1 could go ahead
with my work. Then I would say to
myself, GUTTER" and the sting OF
the epithet drove me on"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

II The Signs
What makes you think they're en-.
gaged?"
"She has a ring and he's broke
Mount Union Dynamo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

INTHE springtime, the young fancy lightly
he side of the road for parking space.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07
Tongue TIPS

Mohandas GhandI, saint of India:
Politics and religion cannot be d.
vorced."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07
THEN LET'S END CHILD LABOR

NEW need for Federal regulation of child labor has
~ Gently been emphasized by disclosures regarding the
sweathop young children their work
lin from other States
investigation of home work by children in Jersey
Cy disclosed the fact that than 1000 children the great
maory Of whom under the of A. doing
shop work their homes under dangerously nsanitary cond
Wages very small families of three and four work
3 ing long hours earning little So and s. week
sit brought in the testimony, given
with these inquiries that considerable amount of the
work done by the New Jersey children distributed
factories in neghborng States Thus New York manufac
er who sending their work Jersey City escape the
New York regulations against tenement home work,
Subject the penalties imposed by the New Jersey laws In this
way they succeeded in successfully lodging State laws
Chld themselves the State lines also
special local problems The importation of workers
State from another is particular feature of the canning
sdustry
industry has shifted the Southern States diff
cuy securing adequate labor supply has led system
importing help from Northern Cities principally Baltimore
and New York for and returning there when they
mo longer When this is done there tendency
family help that the employers hire heads of families with
understanding that wives and children be brought
salson
The above is from the report Of the Judiciary Committee
the House. recommending adoption of the resolution
or child the United States Constitution
and nobody has this committee of being unduy
Matrimonial about children, anything else.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07
Is electricity used for the gen.
alton Of staaD2

Is electricity used for the gen.
GRAFTON Of steam?
Electricity IS used where small
quantities of steam are needed, and
where it is the most convenient
source of heat. 1t is a very wasteful
system, only 90 per cent of the orig
inal energy in the fuel being put into
the steam, as against so to 90 per
cent with a coal or oil boiler. When
hydroelectric power is generated a by
product of irrigation. electricity may
be used in this manner. 1t is also
used to supply steam for operating
pumps, radiators, etc, in idle reserve
steam plants connected to hydroelecf
trio plants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

Where are penguins to be
found?
On Antarctic islands. south Of South
Africa and South America mostly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

Which is the fastest running
dog?
The whippet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

What are some Of the breeds Of
hens that lay white eggs and some
of the breeds that lay brown eggs2
White eggs are laid by Leghorns.
cas-. Brown eggs are laid by Part
ridge Cochins, Dark Brahmas, Black
Langshans, Wyandottes and Barred
Plymouth Rocks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07
Gellotusbip OF
Draper

Daily Lenten Bible reading and
meditation prepared for Commission on
Evangelism Of Federal Council Of the
Churches Of Christ in America.
MONDAY
The Son Of the Living God
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

When was the air pump for >
COMPRISING air invented, and by
whom?
The air pump was invented by Otto
Won Guericke of Madgehurg, Ger
many. about 1854 In 1853 Holl used
an air engine for raising water by
air pressure on It's surface, and in
1888 Smeaton invented a pump for
use with diving apparatus; in 1851
compressed air was used By William
Bubatt for bridge work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

How many Greeks and Italians
mot naturalized) registered for
Class of the selective draft dur
ing the war? --..
Greeks, $4,000; Italians, 104.35s.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07
The Household Budget

One authority says disputes over
finances wreck more marriages
than any other one thing.
How do you manage your fam
lily income? Do you always find
yourselves short" after the bills
are paid? Do you put your pay in
your pocket and spend it haphaz-
ard? Can you tell what you spent
for food last year? Do you know
whether you can afford an auto
mobile? How much do you re-
quire for clothing per year? You
wouldn't run your business with
ont keeping books. why try to run
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

HAT viii the party treasures do the Dohenys and Sin
s get all disgustedf
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

Who was the oldest President
and who was the youngest ever
elected?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

Does morning begin at midnight
or at daybreak?
IN a strictly technical sense. morn
ing is the first part of the day from
midnight until noon. In a more linz
tied sense, the word is used to denote
that part of the day about daylight
until noon.
Can the gray fox of the South
climb trees?
Yes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-07

w. H. Harrison was the oldest;
Roosevelt was the youngest.
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Evening star., 1924-12-14
ENGAGEMENTS Announced
at Social Function

Announcement of the engagements
of three couples was made at spe-
cial party rendered them at the
Woman's City Club last Thursday
evening by Mrs. Laura B. Holderby
of Utah aud Washington.
Miss Elizabeth Carleton OF Vir-
ginia will marry Mr.. Ernest Nelson
Cox of Washington in January. The
engagements of Miss Cecile Augusta
Gleason of New Jersey to Mr.. Joseph
Paul Markey of Washington and
Miss Mary Ellen Bullock of Mary
land TO Mr.. James Murray Stewart
of Virginia were also announced at
the party, which was given in th>ir
honor by Mrs. Hoiderby, who has
long known the young people.
Decorations were in white and
pink, with cyclamen as the center
table decoration. Numerous ferns
were scattered over the table. with
bride and bridegroom place cards.
Miss Ethel Bryan of Virginia,
friend of the engaged couples, was
also the guest of Mrs. Holderby on
this occasion.
Evening star., 1924-12-14
Pre-Christmas Week
Marked by Weddings
OF Local Interest
Miss Mary Lee Spring Be-.
comes Bride of Mr.. Paul
Landon Banfeld = Nc
Bain-Carlisle Nuptials.

Miss Mary Lee Spring of Cape May,
" j., formerly of Baltimore, was
married last evening to Mr.. Paul Lam
don Banfield of Kentucky. The cere-
mony was performed at o'clock in
Christ Episcopal Church in Baltimore
by Bishop John Gardner Murray. The
bride was given in marriage by her
father, Mr. William r. Spring, and
she wore her mothers wedding gown
of ivory brocaded satin trimmed with
chantilly lace. Her tul1e veil was
held by a coronet of rare old lace and
caught with clusters of orange bios
SONS. She carried a shower bouquet of
bride roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Estelle Lee Spring was maid
of honor for her sister and Mr.. Philip
Edward Banfield of Washington was
best man for his brother.
Areception followed in the home of
the brides cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Car
roll NJ. Wright, on Mount Washington
Heights. and later Mr.. Banfield and
his bride left for a wedding trip.
They will later make their home in
Washington.
The marriage of Miss Lula Nc
Bain, daughter of Mrs. William Nc
Balm of Gaithersburg, Md. and MIR.
Roger Carlisle of the same town,
took place at 1880 o'clock w edneS-
day evening at the home of the
brides father. Rev. Joseph G. Sim
clair, pastor of Epworth Methodist
Church, Gaithersburg, performed the
ceremony in the presence of only mem
bers of the two families and a few
intimate friends. The home was
beautifully decorated with pink car
nations, pink rosebuds and ferns.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, wore a gown of
white satin trimmed in pearls and
fun. and her only ornament was a
diamond and pearl hrooch--a family
heirloom. She carried shower bou-
Quet of white roses. Miss Minnie
Mccain was her sisters only attend
ant. Her gown was of brown canton
crepe and she carried pink rosebuds.
immediately following the ceremony,
2 small reception was held, at which
a supper was served. and later in the
evening Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle left for
Florida. They will make their home
in Gaithersburg.
The marriage of Miss Hester Ruth
Chiswell, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence A. Chiswell of DickerSon,
Md, and Mr.. Stephen Newton Brewer,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William G.. Brew
er of Beallsville, Md. will take place
the evening of Saturday, January ),
in st. Peters Episcopal Church.
Poolesville, Md.