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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15

Einstein sets out in the general theory to explain
by showing that graYitation and inertia were the
same thing. Inertia has been defined as the property
of body which makes it resist any change IN Its
state of rest motion in straight line.
This theory of Enstein's played still further havoc
with our notions of time and space BY the special
theory of 1905 time and space we're united into four
dimensional structure known technically as con-
tnum This continum, however still obeyeo the rules
of ordinary Euclidean geometry.
But by his new theory, EinStein showed that the
geometry of the continum non-Euclidean. In
other words space had curvature so that parallel
lines if prolonged sufficiently would meet.
The eclipse expeditions proved that light rays from
stars were bent as they passed the sun This bend
ng according to Einstein the result OF the cur
nature of space in the neighborhood of the sun. In
other words the grayitationaI field is change in
the nature OF space.
BY this theory, Einsein showed that gravltatlonal
phenomena could be considered field phenomena in
The same sense that electromagnetic phenomena could
oe discussed as the behavior of field, the socalled
electromagnetic field.
Einsteins new theory is a mathematical one in
which he gives certain kind OF structure TO space
He then shows that from this structure, the laws OF
either gravitational electromagnetic fields be
derived.
He concludes, therefore that they merely diff
feren manifestations Of the fundamental properties
Of the space-tinle contiAiuA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
NJ. Il.
TRACY
SAYS:
More Flying, More Case
Jine-Just a Little Nat
ter of Indirect Salesman
ship"
SAYS:

HOUSTON Tex, March IS
i i Colonel Lindbergh back on the
job, after spending three weeks with
Miss Morrow, and bringing thirteen
passengers from Mexico City to
Brownsville in five hours just to
show he did not grow stale.
incidentally, four of the passen-
gers we're Mexican pilots come to
fly back in battle planes which are
being rushed to the border from
Ohio.
War is not what it used to be, even
when confined to the narrow limits
of a Mexican revolution. The old
theory that it could be successfully
waged with few Struggled rifles
has been obsolete
The Mexican government can get
airplanes, and the bombs to go with
them, which means great deal.
Time was when an army was an
army so long as its soldiers had
something in their hands. Now 1T
must be a machine, not only with
respect to training and equipment,
but with respect to it's source OF
supplies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
Petroleum Problem

r S. GULLMAN of Houston, who
~ has spent most of his seventy
years in oil, who built up the
Texas Company and who is known
for his liberal views, says that this
committee meeting promises more
than anything that has thus far
occurred.
He says that it's personnel and
leadership are of a most reassuring
character, and that Holmes will get
something done, or let the public
know why.
1t was Guillian who approached
Herbert Hoover, when the latter
was secretary of commerce, some
sixty years ago, with the idea. that
oil conservation had become a cry
ing necessity.
Hoover said he would be glad to
take it up, but only if requested to
do so by the oil industry.
When this was reported to A. G..
Bedford, then head of the Petroleum
Institute, he said that the oil in
dustry would be glad to cooperate,
but only if the government re-
quested it to do so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
The Facts on Oil

XXTHAT are the facts with re-
wv gard to oil, not only here but
abroad? What is the relation of
production to consumption at the
present time? How much have we
left in this country, compared to
other countries? Does the industry
need stabilizing, and if so, by what
means?
A committee, representing the
American Petroleum Institute, meets
in Houston to discuss these and al
lied questions. 1t is a committee
of experts, gathering not to theo-
rize, but hear prepared reports.
Ralph G.. Holmes, president of the
Texas Company, is chairman. The
rest of the membership is drawn
from the four regional committees
created by the Petroleum Institute
some time ago.
These four regional committees
one for the Pacific coast. One
for the Atlantic and gulf coasts.
One for the interior and one for
Mexico and South America-have
been studying the oil situation not
only in their respective territories,
but as it is affected by general con-
ditionS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
Risks and Profits
THERE is logic in that cont

THERE is logic in that conten-
Il ton. The bootlegger makes his
money very directly out Of prohibi-
ton. If Al Smith had been elected,
with warrant to establish state
dispensaries, the speakeasy game
would have been killed or gravely
handicapped.
Every rum seller has an excellent
chance to share largely in Hoover
prosperity. While it is true that re-
cent stringent legislation heightens
his risks, it also vastly enhances his
profits.
And the speakeasy man is moth
ing if not an adventurer. Few
within my acquaintance are much
troubled by the provisions of the
Jones bill.
I asked one saloon keeper if the
new law was not likely to be
troublesome to him, but he did not
quite catch my intent, for he
answered, "Well, of course, I'll have
to go to the bother and expense of
getting lot of new glasses-smaller
ones-but I think I may be able to
charge twice as much for a drink.
I figure it's going to work out all
right"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
CAESARS DEATH
March Is

TADAY is the anniversary OF one
of the most famous events OF
ancient history-the assassination
of julius Caesar in the Roman
senate.
Historians say that Caesar had
a prenonition of disaster on. the
morning of March Is, A B. O., and
did not intend to go to the senate.
The conspirators, however. sent
Brutus. Caesars closest friend, to
urge him.
Caesar shook of his depression,
after being treasured by Brutus,
and started from the house. In the
hall, his statue fell from its pedes-
tai and shattered.
Outside the door, an acqusint-
ance handed him a scroll. On it
was written a list of all the con-
spirators. Caesar thought it was a
petition, and placed it with his
other papers.
Once inside the senate chamber.
Caesar was the victim Of his good
fellowship. Senators took advan-
tage of his affability to gather
around him to talk and jest. Then,
daggers we're drawn from under
senatorial togas.
There was one which Caesar
dying, is said to have resented par
ticuIarly--it was welded by Brutus.
his frizxdL
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
And Now

nNCE upon a time products were
~ standardized. A glass of whisky
was just that and nothing more.
Now gradations have come in.
There is real Scotch, good enough
and terrible. With loving care the
speakeasy man passes around the
museum piece.
Before a drop is drunk the
authentic label must be inspected
and you will be also asked to OBJ
serve that the cork is not all glist-
ening as in the case of the boot
legger's product.
Never make any move to put
water, seltzer, or still less ginger
ale, into your drink of real Scotch
or you will break the heart of the
speakeaSy man. And do not, I pray
you, lift the glass to your lips with
out first moving it three times back
and forth beneath your nose to
sniff the bouquet.
OF course, the boss drinks with
you. He is no stogy cigar collector
with Midas complex. And after
the second drink he is very likely
to speak of his adventures, of the
days when he prospected in Alaska.
of his failures and triumphs as a
middleweight fighter, of riding
brake beams in Montana.
In fact, if you can meet up with
him on this night off he will prob
ably suggest that you both spend
it in making tour Of the other
fellows places.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
Heart Warming

THAT warns my heart. for the
4 old dividing line has been abol-
ished. T he brass rail used to sep
arate the exploiters from the ex-
plotted. Now we are all suckers.
The prohibitionists are about right
in saying that the man who buys
a drink should be equally guilty
with the man who sells it. Thus
liberty, equality and fraternity are
fostered.
The speakeasy man may be stu
dious as well as spirited. When
Mr.. x leaned across the bar one
night to remark, well, as Have
lock Ellis says" I nearly toppled
from the high stool.
BY now I am quite prepared to
hear such sage remarks upon the
Russian drama. The piling up of
penalties is not likely TO deter the
saloonkeeper, new style.
Risks are tonic to bis vaso-motor
system. Glamor grows where once
there was not so much as any
flicker.
Copyright. 1929. for The Times.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15

A GREAT many people fail to
N see the need of creating a
department of education. making
the head of it member of the
Presidents cabinet, for while educa-
ton is the most important business
in the country, it is entirely under
the control of the states, with the
exception of the territories and the
District of Columbia.
The vets complain that this new
prohibition law, providing for a
five-year punishment, makes liquor
more expensive, which makes one
regret that congress did not provide
for life imprisonment, since that
might have made the price abso-
InteIy prohibitory.
Argentina has in the past COM
blamed very bitterly about the
Monroe doctrine, but it is thou
sand to one she would not now be
shaking her fist in the face of Mus
solini if she did not feel that Uncle
Sam would back her up to the eX-
tent of keeping European powers
out of this- hemisphere.
It Il
You have to give Mr.. Coolidge
credit for one thing-he still is 60
ing to church, even though he is no
longer a candidate for Office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
BOOZE COMES HIGHER
ARGENTINA GETS GAY
q =
WHAT A RUM RUNNER

A CCORDING to her pictures in
IN the paper, the wife of General
Escobar, leader of the revolution
airy army in Mexico, has a perma-
nent wave, but the general has not
a permanent head.
When we are made sad by read
ing of the exhaustion of society
leaders it rather braces us up to
think of Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes of the United States
supreme court who still does his
work, though 88 years aid and three
times wounded in the Civil war,
more than sixty years ago.
His vitality is a source Of great
vexation to numerous aspirants for
his place.
The east coast of Florida is the
Wettest place in the United States.
Ponce de Leon went there, seek
ing the fountain of eternal youth,
but the northern tourists who have
followed him are seeking something
a great deal stronger,
r
Vice-President Curtis has gone to
Florida to rest, which suggests that
something should be done to lift the
lifc-breaking burdens of his tragic
office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
% 80
By
Frederick
lands

THE fact that this government
l. lost three billion dollars by &C
curing a merchant marine and then
selling 1t to private parties proves
that ''robbing Uncle Sam is still
the favorite sport of mice" graTters.
T. Il
If he cares to consider such en-
ployment, Major Segrave, British
race track driver, who just drove a
car at the rate of 231 miles an hour
down in Florida, can, sign up as
rum runner and name his own fig
ure.
T. = =
Mexican authorities tell us that
the education of the soldiers in the
federal army prevented their fol-
lowing the revolutionary leaders.
If Mexico ever is saved it will be
by giving the people education and
land and ruling them with a club
until the education has taken effect.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
Hoover's Stand

TTOOVER was right. The federal
Il government had no power to
intervene. The very nature of the
case made it desirable, if not
necessary for the oil industry to ask
assistance, and assistance not only
by the federal government, but by
the chief Oil producing states as
well.
There is a certain amount OF oil
on government lands that the gov
eminent can, and should conserve.
The rest of the oil has not only
passed into private hands, but
obviously represented problem for
thu states to handle, except as 1t
might be met through regulation OF
interstate traffic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
Times Readers Voice Vie1gS

were kidding the service men for
political favor.
The tax rate was increased 10
cents by this legislature. A bonus
bill would have increased this rate
another 10 cents. Does any fair
minded person think the legislature
would approve a 20 cent increase?
To have supported this would-be
bonus bill would have necessitated
the sacrifice of all support for all
other proposed veteran legislation
that did have a chance of passage,
such as the Knightstown home.
What the service men need is a
little more loyalty to one another
and little more interest in their
disabled comrades.
ARTHUR G. GRESHAM.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15

the same rate.
This fact, which
might be stated
more exactly as
the fact that all
bodies fall with
equal acceleration
in the gravitation-
al field of the
earth, was, of
course, known to
Newton. There is
no adequate ex-
PLANTATION for it,
however, in his
theory. He merely
accepts it as a
fact.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15

letters on this subject will be printed at
this time.
Editor Times-A number of let
tiers from misinformed ex-service
men have appeared in The Times,
criticising me Tor my stand on the
proposed Indiana soldier bonus bill.
These men assume that 1 was
against the bill because I thought
they did not need it or should not
have it.e
Nothing is farther from the truth.
No one ex-service man in Indiana
has worked harder or more sincerely
for the ex-service men than I have
I have spent the best part OF my
time for the last ten years working
for legislation beneficial to the serv-
ice men.
It was I Who drafted and spon-
sored the soldier bonus bill in the
state legislature of 1921, 1928, and
also in a special session. The bill
was vetoed by Governor McCray.
The bonus bill that was introduced
in this session was full Of jokers.
It was introduced with insincerity.
It did not have ghost of a chance
and the men who introduced it knew
this.
I made the statement that l was
opposed to this bill, not because /
didn't want the service men to have
it, but because I knew the repre-
sentative who introduced the bill
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
David Dietz on Science -
Nature of GraUity
No. 3O4

PROFESSOR ALBERT EINSTEIN first attacked
i the nature of gravitation in his general theory
of relatively This theory, published in 1915 did not
attract general attention until the announcements in
1919 of the eclipse expeditions.
This theory started with the fact which had been
proved by Calico namely that all bodies fall with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15

o.-Is there any way to tell
a burn of the skin by gasoline
from a burn by kerosene?
which is more serious?
Att is generally believed
that burns from kerosene are
more severe than those from
gasoline and that the former
are likely to blacken the skin
more than the latter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15

AL Capones doctors pleaded that the weather was
too chilly for him to return to Chicago to face fed
eral grand jury But then, couldn't they make it hot
for Mr.. Capone?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15

In the escape valves of the kettle
of boiling tar. When he heard
what had happened the man ran
about a third of a mile to the tar
boiler. There he found a lake OF
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Ids as an d
opinions h
pressed in this
column are
those of one
of Americas
most interest
ing writer's
and are pre-
scented with
out regard 70
their agree-
ment with the
editorial atH-
tude Of this
paper.
The Editor,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15

The ball players have gone south for their spring
training. little farther south the Mexicans en-
joying theirs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15

Is spare the rod and spoil the
child" in the Bible?
This quotation is from Buffers
Hudibras.1 The Bible form of the
proverb is HE that spareth his rod
hateth his sea" proverbs 1920.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
Selling Our Supply

ATINETY-FIVE per cent Of the
IN oil now being produced in the
United States comes from west OF
the Mississippi river.
Eighty-one per cent Of it comes
from three states Texas, Oklahoma
and California.
Though blessed with only IS per
cent of the known supply of oil in
the world, this country now is pro-
ducing about 10 per cent of the oil
being consumed.
When this country has exhausted
its Is per cent, it viii be privileged
to buy from those countries which
have saved and can sell the other
IS per cent.
- While such a situation may be
rather remote, it is still worth con-
sidering.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15

A FEW years ago a man about
N 30 years old was tending a tar
wagon while at work on highway
construction.
Some mischievous children opened
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
Daily Thought

With her much fair speech she
caused him to yield, with the fat
tering of her lips she forced him.
Proverbs 1921
II =
no you know young and beau
~ tiful woman who is not ready
TO hirt-just a little. Petit-Senn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15

How many motor busses are there
in the United States?
approximately 80,040.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15

What is the widest river in the
United Statesss
The MississsnRs. .
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15

The soldiers bonus bill having been
killed in the legislature, no further
letters on this subject will be printed at
this time.
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nv mr.. MORRIs FIsHBEIN

By UFC. MUhhAD EA0AADLN4y
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the Health
MAGAZINE. y
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-11
PLANE
NAME OF CITY
City Of Brownsville Is
Christened At Port
Sunday Afternoon

The "City of Brownsville" a g.
place Travelair plane of the Texas
Air Transport, Inc, was chriStened
at the municipal airport Sunday aft
ernoon, Miss Ayilffe Cobolini,
daughter of City Commissioner j.
A. Cobolini, sponsoring the plane
and breaking over the prov the bot
tie of grapefruit juice symbolizing
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
The plane will go into daily serv-
ice between Brownsville and San
Antonio, officials Of the Texas Air
Transport, Inc, announced, with
Brownsville as its home port.
The plane was TAXED in front of
the reviewing stand and the chris
tening address delivered by j. L.
Abney of Brownsville. He outlined
the advantages that would accrue
to the lower border section as a
result of the opening Of the numer-
Gus air lines, and predicted that the
"City of Brownsville" would play
an important part in development
of international air traffic.
Following the address Miss Co.
bolini mounted chair. II dub thee
City of Brownsville she said as
she broke the bottle over the prov
An hour after the ceremony the
"City Of Brownsville" took off with
full load of passengers for San
Antonio and Fort Worth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-11
AUTOFLASHES
over Sand At
23l.3 NJ. ?. H.
English Driver Makes
z Runs at Daytona
Beach; Previous
Mark 207.55

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, March
11.-(P)-Major H. D. D. Segrave,
British race driver, set a new
worlds automobile speed record
here today at 231.36246 miles an
hour.
That figure was the average speed
of two runs up and down over a
measured mile course. His average
time for the distance was 1886 sec
ondS.
Taking a four-mile start, Major
Segrave flashed over the northward
run at a speed of 231.51125 miles an
hour and then a few moments later
sped back southwark at a clip OF
231 .21327 miles an hour.
His time for the mile on the
north run was 1855 seconds while
that on his south run was 1857
seconds.
The new record surpasses by 1881
miles aff hour the mark set here
last year by Ray Keech, driving j.
M. Whites TripleX, whose time was
2O7.55. White car with Lee Bible
at the wheel, was groomed to run
right after Segrave in an effort to
better the Britisher'S mark.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-11
u. TWINS
WILLC0NTEST
About $1,00o,0OO To Go To
School AS Result of
Paris Judgment

PARIS. Tex, March 11.-(P)-
The University of Texas will re-
ceive about Sl,000,000 and the heirs
of w. j. Mcdonald the balance of
his estate under a judgment en-
tered in the Lamar county district
court here today.
Under the judgment, all of the
estate with the exception OF some
bequests to relatives, goes to the
University to assist in establishing
an astronomical observatory.
Attorney General Claud Pollard,
in company with Judge Fulsom
Moore and r. w. Workman Of Par
is. appeared before the board Of re-
gents of the university at Austin
Saturday and submitted a propo-
sition under which payment would
be made to the contestants in eX-
cess of bequeStS in the will, Pollard
announced here. This proposition
was accepted unanimously by the
regents, he said, and the amount
agreed upon will be paid to the con-
testants. The exact amounts were
not announced, but Pollard said
under the adjustment the univer-
sity would receive about ST 900 900"
Assets of the estate are said to
include United States bonds, cash
and prime securities, and real es-
tate.
Morris Fleming, of Paris, and the
First National bank of Clarksville,
executors, will take over the estate
Immediately and make distribution
under the terms of the will.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-11
LINDY'S PLANS
EUNKNOWN
Return To u. S. Believed To
Be Delayed Few Days
AS Plane Repaired

MEXICO CITY, March 11.-(P)-
There was some speculation today
as to what Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh would do for the next
few days.
Return to the United States was
believed to be delayed at least un-
til completion of repairs on his
plane, City Of Wichita, damaged
when he crashed with his fiancee,
Miss Anne Morrow, ten days ago.
Miss Morrow and her mother
braved a cold stiff wind and rain
at Valbuena Field yesterday after
noon to greet him upon his return
from his two-day air mail inaugu-
ration trip to Brownsville, Texas,
and return.
The colonel and Miss Morrow
smiled at each other as he left his
plane and joined them, but no
greeting was audible to spectators.
Colonel Lindbergh's last words
as he completed the trip from
Brownsville were to George l..
Rihl, president of the Mexican
AVlaClOn company, WHICH nOIuS Tie
contract for the route.
Anything else, MIR. Rihl?" he
asked. mo, thank you very much,
Colonel" was the reply.
The party left Brownsville at
1882 a. m. yesterday, arriving at
Tampico for a brief stop at l p
m, and finishing the flight at $50
p. m. Eight passengers arrived
with Colonel Lindbergh here.