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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29

GONE days before the Harvard
~ Yale football game, the predic
ton was made in this column that
Harvard surely would win.
This estimate was not based on
personal observation of either team,
but in accordance with the fact that
we live in an age in which the un-
derdog invariably triumphs.
Books, plays and motion pictures
all celebrate the success of the long
shot. A good little man can beat
an evil giant any night N the week
except Sunday, when the theaters
are closed. Vice never prevails. The
victory of virtue is certain.
This seems to me an unfortunate
state of mind. even though 1t did
help Harvard. Nor am I arguing
against the cult of the underdog,
because it is untrue. Unfortunately,
longshots and little men have seen
the plays and read the books. They
expect to win, which is seven
eighths of any battle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

ward recovery, several systems have
been established.
The first, as pointed out by DR..
F.. M. McPhedran of the University
of Pennsylvania, is to examine all
school children physically and by
means of the X-ray and to give all
of them the tuberculin test.
The tuberculin test is a simple
skin test, less painful than a pin
scratch, and much less dangerous.
One of the advantages of such a
procedure is the fact that during
the physical examination for tuber-
culosis, it also is possible to detect
any other disease which may
happen to be attacking the child.
Another method is to select from
among school children those who
seem particularly likely to have
tuberculosis and to limit the ex-
animation to them.
When a child is found to be posi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29
SCIENCE
Einstein's Theory Once More
Is Under Fire; 1t Is Said
That Only TlOelue Men
Understand 1t.
: By DAVID DIETZ-

NNCE more the limelight is CEN
" tered upon Professor Albert
Einstein, that buShy- haired, dreamy
eyed scientist who divides his time
between evolving startling scientific
theories, playing the violin and SAIL
ing little boat.
This time, it is an attack upon
one of the fundamental tenetS of
his relatively theory that turns at
tention in his direction. His theory
postulates that it is impossible to
detect any absolute motion of the
earth through space or through
the ether OF space.
1t is of interest to note that DR..
Miller does not say that he is at
lacking Professor Einstein. In fact,
he is careful to state-and has on
number of occasions to this writer
that he is not attacking Professor
EinStein.
1t is worth taking time to under
stand this point of view. For it is
not merely Miller's. 1t is Einsteins
and the point of view of all scien-
fists as well.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29
Gold Comes First
XXTHEN it comes to- EXPLORING

XXTHEN it comes to exploring the
w earth's interior, we have been
looking for fuel, rather than heat,
and have been more interested in
previous minerals than in either.
Gold, Silver and jewels are what
first led men to sink shafts and
drive tunnels.
Even in these days, men will go
farther and take more chances for
them than for anything else.
In the wintry waters of Alaska,
they are trying to salvage five mil
lion dollars in gold from ship $50
feet beneath the surface, and they
deliberately are choosing the cold
season because the water is clearer.
The ship was wrecked twenty
eight years ago, and ever since
some one has dreamed of reclaim
ing her cargo.
A supply of steam that would
generate 5,000-horse power per-
manently would be worth many
times as much. but we haven't ar
rived at point yet where we can
think of it that way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29
Questions
and AnSzUers

Under what classification do
scallops come?
Scallops are bivalves.
What is Tom Mix doing now?
He is touring with the Sells loto
circus.
What is the salary of the Vice
President of the United States?
He receives $4,000 year.
What is meant by electrical re-
sistance" and what term IS used for
the unit of resistance?
Electrical resistance is the opposi-
ton which is offered by electrical
conductors to the flow of current.
The ohm" is the practical Init of
resistance.
Has there been a bill passed re-
lating to pensions for blind persons?
No.
On what date did Easter Sunday
fell in 1864?
March q.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29
The Twilight of Bunk

Speaking before the Christian Unity League, DR..
w. H. P. Faunce former president of Brown univer-
sty, lent authority to characteristic note in the
alarnist comment of the day. Dr. Faunce is shocked
by the debunking process going in contemporary
scholarship, history and literature. He said:
"Never before, within the memory of any man
here present. has popular literature been marked by
such universal debunking of all heroes past and
present, or so cheap an estimation of mankind"
This at raises the interesting question as to
how far civilization depends upon the perpeuation Of
bunk. Can hope to face the truth with
candor and confidence?
1t is the old hue and cry against destructive cr-
csm. 1t is always demanded that we put something
in the place of what have destroyed by critical
analysis, unmindful that such replacement is not
invariably either necessary or desirable.
We do not ask our doctor to replace headache
by other more benign PAIN do request
our surgeon to put something in the place of the
tumor he has removed Nobody is likely to regret
that almost have obliterated the belief in witches.
Yet one of the most advanced and learned phil
osopherS of the sixteenth century and the most spec
tacular theogan of the eighteenth both held that
dispose Of the belief witchcraft meant the collapse
of society and the perpetual peril of our wives daugh-
tiers and bank accounts.
Of course there is debunking and debunking.
Real debunking of the past means nothing but COM
peent and resolute search for the facts and will
ingness to face their nature and implications with
courage and compacency.
Search for such facts permissibly may proceed on
the assumption that the figures Of the past
presumably human beings governed by the same I'M
pulses and motives which operate in the lives of the
rest of US.
The charlatan who merely seeks commercially
profitable sensation in the alleged discovery that
past statesman loved like gentleman invested
shrewdly differed from Andy Vostead In his preu-
dices the beverage problem, should not be dignfed
by the term "debunker."
Fortunately, we do not have to choose between W,
superficial smart alec and the gullibe and immaculate
dullard.
We tend to become too much alarmed the
revelations of candid historical research. We often
think We have lost permanent historical pearl
of great price which long treasured myth dssoves
under the searchght of the relentless investigator.
Not infrequently the result is gain in real values
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29

IND you remember to be thank
~ full that the slump in Wall
Street, the shows on Broadway and
the jazz coming over the radio are
no worse; that you are not in Tom
MONEYS place, or a worker in the
southern textile mills; that you do
not have to decide what naval par
ity means, or frame a tariff bill; chat
Mother Goose" still is on sale,
though some people would bar it;
that a few woman know how to
make pumpkin pie; that you are
not living in China, especially near
the Manchurian border?
= -
Like any other international row,
the trouble in Manchuria can lead
to war. BY the same token, it can
lead to nothing.
If the good book propheSies war,
seven unto the end" it also proph-
estes rumors of war, and history
teaches us that there are at least
one million rumors to every war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29
The Utility Merger

Unquestionably the decision Of the public
utility commission on the application OF the
insult interests to tie into one great corpora
ton an assortment of hundred or more
small and large power and street car plants
will have an important bearing on the Judg-
ment of the people concerning regulation by
the state as means of obtaining fair rates
and good service.
There can be no thought that when the
people established the commission, they had
in mind no such a condition of ownership.
The people guieleSsly believed that
state commission empowered to fix rates
and control service, would protect the public
against extortion and the companies against
political blacknail.
A commission with public viewpoint and
free from political or other interests could
do these things under the law. The fact is
that the people no longer have any great
amount of confidence in the commission or
its judgment.
The law provides for the merging of
utility companies. But only one kind of
merger was contemplated by the law. That
is the combination of two or more COM
panies giving similar service in the same
community and with the same possible
customers.
Such a merger under the theory of state
regulation is desirable. 1t eliminates waste
and duplication. 1t permits better service
at lower costs. With a watchful and pub
lic-minded commission, monopoly is ideal.
A different situation presents itself when
it is proposed to marry street car company
in Richmond to an electric company in
Terre Haute.
When there is an additional proposal
to take utilities of hundred small towns
and cities, different in the kind of service
given, differing in conditions of operation,
it is not merger, but a gigantic combine
which defeats the very purpose of state
regulation and state control.
To lump utilities of different commu-
mites and of different kinds into one big
company and then demand rates that will
permit fair return of interest on the
whole takes away from the people of each
community affected any power to obtain
redress from possible injustices.
Street car patrons of Richmond would
probably be called upon to pay the light
bills of citizens of Martinsville or some
other town.
If there is to be such state wide owner
ship of all utilities as that suggested in this
present proposal, there should be state
ownership and not an insult or other own
ership.
The attorney general has pointed out the
law. The decision of the public service
commission will probably determine more
than the question involved. Approval may
mean an abandonment of all effort at state
regulation and a return to chaos or home
rule, identical terms apparently.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29
Daily Thought

Bless them which prosecute
you; bless, and curse not.-Ro-
mans 1914.
May I tell you why it seems to
me a good thing for us to remember
wrong that has been done us? That
we may forgive it.--Dickens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.


MANY years ago it was proved
1V1 that almost every human be-
ing has tuberculosis before he dies.
Indeed, the vast majority of peo-
pie become infected with the dis
ease in childhood and recover.
However, a considerable number do
not recover and these represent the
constant mortality from this dis
ease.
The death rate from tuberculosis
has been cut in more than one-half
through the advancement of mod
ern medical science and modern
hygience.
To detect cases as early as pos
sible and to apply as soon as pos
sible suitable methods leading to-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's. and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29

How long and high is the Brook
lyn bridge in New York?
Brooklyn bridge is 6,0l6 feet long,
including approaches, with span
Of 1885 feet and a height above
water of 1873 feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29
Miss Hood

VXTORK also must be done to re-
w wise the fairy stories. Here,
too, the world must be made safe
for size and villainy, which always
go together III the stories.
Take Little Red Riding Hood, for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29

made it perhaps the greatest menace which chal-
lenges mankind.
The against war must be built up in relation
considerations drawn from present civilization
1t can not be founded inteligently on a situation
which may may not have prevailed in primitive
society.
The real question is what is right and proper for
today We need have little doubt about the possibility
of adapting the nature of man to the requirements
this picture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29

1T was my good fortune to meet
4 Einstein on his visit to America
Perhaps few people would suspect
that the formulator of the theory
of relatively has a sense of humor.
But he has.
On his visit to the United States,
he brought with him two of his
favorite possessions, his violin and
a well-worn briar pipe.
For relaxation, he said he smoked,
played his violin and read light
fiction. His favorite outdoor spor
is sailing boat.
When I met him, he said thu
he had only five minutes for t.
interview.
But, professor" I said, "Su
yourself have taught us that the
is only relative"
And the interview proved it. nce
he had started discussing his thory.
he talked on for thirty minus"
1t has been said that only Velve
men understood the Einstein neory.
Actually the number is larger,
though the number of thoe who
understood its mathematicf is not
very large.
1t is an interesting fct that
among the popular book on the
Einstein theory. one of ne easiest
to read, was written b Einstein
himself. 1t is titled, Relatively"
1t should not be confued with his
book, THE Meaning o. Relatively"
which is for the Mathematician.
Incidentally, the EiIstein sense Of
humor crops out frequently in
Relatively"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29

British poet always tries out his verses on his
dog before sending them to the publisher. Have they
no S. P. c. A. over there2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29

An Austrian played the violin continu-
ously for twenty-four hours recently. What Won
derful rest for the chin!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29
NJ. E. Tracy
SAYS:

Russia Has Become q Victim
of Propaganda Instead of q
Source of 1t, Which Is Bad
for Russia and the Rest of
the World.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29

In Longview, Wash, mans car colided with
another driven by his wife. OF course, you know
whose fault that was.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29
Waterloo

GONE of the blame belongs to Ma
~ poleon. I never knew runt
who did not feel that he had be-
come in some way heir of the glory
that was Austerlitz.
The land is filled with five-foot
executives who take on imperial airs
and expect all in their employ to
emulate the Old Guard and die
rather than surrender.
More publicity should be given to
How did the practice of putting
glass containers full of colored
water in drug store windows orig
mate?
The practice originated in Eng
land in the days before there was
street lighting. The druggists who
wished to attract attention to their
shops put these vases or globes OF
colored water in the window with
lights shining through them at
night and they were visible for quite
a distance, frequently being the only
splotches of light on the street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-29
Meeting

a FEW years ago Professor Elm
IN stein visited America He in
Guided Cleveland in his itinerary.
chiefly because he wished to see DR..
Miller.
He paid visit to Dr. Miller's
laboratory at Case school, inspected
the interferometer. the apparatus
which DR.. Miller was using in his
experiments.
He spent considerable time dis
cussing the matter with DR.. Miller.
A little later, Or. Miller showed
me a reprint of one of his papers.
a report on his interferometer ex-
periments. The margin of the paper
was covered with notes and calcula-
tons in pencil. The handwriting
was EinStein's.
In the course of his conversation
with Miller, Einstein had said some
thing approximately like this; We'll.
if you are right, then certain
changes must be made in my
theory" And then he had gone
ahead and indicated with pencil
what those changes might be like.
can not help contrasting this
incident with a political incident
which I once witnessed in my early
experience as newspaper reporter.
One candidate for mayor had
challenged another to produce GER
tain figures. The second invited the
first to call at his office and get
them. He did so, wnereupon hench-
men of the second picked him up
and threw him bodily out of the
door.
Scientists do not feel that they
are in q battle in which they must
defend certain views at all costs.
Rather, they feel that they are all
searcherS after the truth.
Einstein will be the first to modify
relatively if he is convinced that
such modification is needed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-11-14

builder, and Doris Patricia Bonnell,
p, both of Warrington, W. Va.
John Batista Perry, Is, miner, and
Antonetta Bilotta, 10, both of Fair
mont, W. Va.
Harold Lorean Lantz, 81, miner,
and Mabel Blanche Hoyes, IS, both
of Terra Alta, W. Va.
Columbus James Critics, 81, store
clerk, Morgantown, w. Va, and Vir-
ginia Marie Critics, 10, student
Clarksburg, W. Va.
Ralph Henry Mccoy, %, bus driver,
and Mary E. Yarnell, 20, stenog-
rapher, both of Akron, Ohio.
Dowden C. Gribble, 81, farmer,
and Dotie Enid Shaffel, %, both of
Philippi, w. Va.
Herman Haggerty, 81, brick ma
son, Lock No. 4, Pa, and lola Juanita
Morris, 10, office girl, Mapleview, Pa.
Loren Ebert Rinehart, 81, clerk,
and Iona Elizabeth Swick, %, school
teacher, both of Belington, W. Va.
John Edward Everhart, 81, student,
and Mary Fleming, 81, school teacher,
both of Fairmont, w. Va.
Francis Hudson Sponsler, %, min
err, and Martha Irene Good, 81, both
of Cascade, W. Va.
Robert Lee Blake, 81, truck driver,
and Virginia Gladine Thrash, IS,
both of Lost Creek, W. Va,
Nick Lanendale, %, cement plant,
Pittsburgh, Pa, and Mary Jane Ray
gor, 81, Cumberland, Md.
Walter Gather, %, laborer, and
Lenora Irene Bonner, IS, both of
Bayard, w. Va.
Walter Dewey Gragg, 80, machin-
list, Detroit, Mich, and Loutie Nan
ME Flanagan, 20, Rainelle, W. Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-11-14
GLADES.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Mrs. Catherine Frickey's sale was
well attended on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Glotfelty
were shopping in Oakland Saturday.
Mr.. Silas Beachy and family were
visiting relatives at Mt. Lake Park,
Sunday.
R. E. Alexander and family were
calling at the home of Lincoln Folk,
at Salisbury, Pa, on Sunday.
William Bowser and family attend
ed church at Accident, Sunday.
Those at the Nelson Orendorf home
Monday were Carl and Grace Stevens,
Elmer and Ernest Beachy and Vel
ma Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. D. Brenneman and
Orval Glotfelty and family attended
church at New Germany last Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Mahlon Bender were
in Friendsville Monday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-11-14
Those Who Are Gone

Those who are gone, you have.
Those who departed loving you, love
you still; and you love them al
ways. They are only gone into
the next room; and you will presently
get up and follow them.-Thackeray
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-11-14
According as Thy Faith

Art thou beggar at Gods door?
Be sure thou gettest a great bowl,
for as thy bowl is, so shall be thy
mess. According as thy faith, saith
He, be it unto you.-John Bunyan.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-11-14

Such experiences as that related
above are not at all unusual under
favorable conditions. Hundreds of
such letters have been received by
Philco. You too, if your location is
good and weather conditions are
normal, can enjoy the pick of the
stations, even thousands of miles
away. And whatever your loca-
ton may be you may be assured
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-11-14

that the Philco will get better re-
suits in tone, distance, selectivity
than most any other radio-no
matter how high the price
Extraordinary engineering, which
permits the balancing of each unit
with every other unit, is the ex-
PLANTATION of Philco's astonishing
DIX performance, unsurpassed clar-
ity and richness of tone.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-20
AUTOMOBILE SPILL
is FATAL TO ONE

Curry league of Memphis, Tenn,
was killed and two other people were
badly injured Sunday when the league
car spilled miles south of Sturgeon
Lake on highway No. 1. One of the sur
viving occupants stated that the driver
lost control of the car when travelling
at a high rate Of speed, causing it
to swerve from one side of the pave
ment to the other, finally careening
off to the ditch. The driver was
killed instantly. His body was taken
to Hamlin's undertaking parlors at
Moose Lake pending word from rela-
tives in Tennessee. The body of the
two-doOr sedan was demolished be-
yond repair. The injured, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Schroers, were taken to
Willow River where DR.. Ehmke gave
their severe bruises and cuts medical
attention.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-20
FEW CHANGES
ON LIVESTOCK
Cattle Slow but Mostly Steady Spots
Easier on Grassy StOck.-HOg Mark
ct Active at Steady to Strong Terms.
Sheep and Lambs Unchanged.

(By U. s. Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics and Minnesota Department of
Agriculture.)
South st. Paul, Mimi, June II, 1929
: Few changes developed for the
opening session in the livestock trade,
cattle while slow ruling mostly steady,
some spots on grassy stock appearing
weak to Csc Off Choice yearlings
reached $14.65, matured steers S14.OO,
bulk all weights $500 to $14.OO, beef
cows $3.50 to $1,000, heifers $1O.25 to
$1,000. Cutters continued at $3.50 to
$3.50, bulls $500 to $3.50, vealers on a
soc to S1.00 break turning at $500 to
$3.50. Stockers and feeders were I'M
changed from last weeks close.
Firm prices ruled in the hog divi-
sion, better grade 100 to 25O-lb
weights selling at $1,000 to $1O.75, less
desirable and heavier offerings $1,000
to $1,000, while mixed sows and
butchers cashed at $3.50 to $1,000,
straight sows at 1925. Light lights
bulked at $1,000, pigs at $11.00.
No change was shown on sheep or
lambs, desirable natives turning at
$500, culls on down to $1150, with
shorn yearlings at $1,000 to $11.OO,
while fat shorn ewes scored at $500
to $500, shorn bucks $500.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-20

son, famous film star, who a few
years ago was an utterly unknown
Swedish actress. Miss Nilsson a year
ago was severely injured by being
thrown from a horse and most of the
time she has spent in hospital. She
says that when you are sick in Holly
wood, fame and money are of but little
avail, for it seems as though all old
friends forsake you, forget you. She
was left alone, except for the visit
of a young actress whom she had be-
friended and helped Miss Nilsson
plans to return to her native country
soon, and intends to build a villa on
one of the islands in the beautiful
waters surrounding Stockholm.
They're HOnOred.
On June Is, Professor P Marinus
Poulsen, director of one of the favor
lite symphony orchestras of Chicago,
was made an honorary Doctor of Mu-
sic by the Sherwood Institute. Mr..
Poulsen is a Danish musician who
during recent years has attracted
much attention. Last week Carl
Busch, Danish-American composer,
directed an orchestra, comprising 500
players, in presenting his most recent
work, 1.-THE Chant from the Great
Palms." and was given an enthusiast
ic ovation by more than 5000 people
who heard the concert in Kansas City.
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