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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19
Ideas of Space.

The normal, unanalyzed concept of
space is that Of intervals of nothing
separating masses.
This concept is protected by an al
most impossible psychological barrier.
Only properties Of masses act Is SEN
sorry stimuli, and hence become factors
in brain processes. So masses alone
appear to exist. Space and time seem
to be secondary derivatives. They can
be described only in terms of some
things"
Thus we speak of the space between
the four walls of room, the space
inclosed in the boundary lines of q
county, the space between the earth
and the moon, the space between the
sun and the recently discovered island
universes countless billions Of billions
of miles distant. And we speak of
time only as the interval of nothing
ness between two events, or movements
of masses. such as the creation of the
world and the Inauguration Of Presi-
dent Hoover, the assassination of the
Archduke Ferdinand and the signing
Of the armistice, the birth and the
death of human being. Neither space
nor time has meaning except as they
are expressed in such terms.
1t is a Limitation not alone of Ian
guage. but of the conceptual capacity OF
the cerebral mechanism. The barrier
can be surmounted, if at all, only by
intensive intellectual discipline. Con-
sequently world-famous physicists and
engineers gathered from many nations
at the International Power Conference
in Berlin the other day listened, accord
ing to press dispatches, with politely con-
cealed confusion while Prof. Albert Elm
stein. attempting a semi-popular expo
sition for the FIRST time, described his
latest theory Of the fundamental reality
of space itself with masses existing only
as derivatives from it. He spoke OF
space eating up matter"-that is, sc
far as the human mind is concerned
space has been called into existence
only as a convenience in describing the
relationships of masses which seem tt
exist of their own right. Recent physi.
cal th.ory, says Prof. Einstein, is ad.
yancing more and more the idea tina
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19

masses themselves are only ways Of
describing space. Mathematical con-
cepts Of space are eating up" mathe-
NAUTICAL concepts of matter.
It is notable that among primitive
peoples-Splendid examples we're dis
covered by recent psychological tests
on certain communities of Virginia
mountaineers who have been cut of
for generations from the culture of
the outside world--space and time have
much less reality than among those
whose minds have been disciplined by
education. They stand bewildered when
examiners speak of hours, minutes, feet
and miles. There Is almost rs great
gulf between them and these ordinary
concepts as between the average in
telligent citizen and the concepts of
DR.. Einstein.
We may expect that another genera
ton, disciplined In other ways of think
ing. will comprehend much more clear
ly the fundamental reality OF space and
the secondary nature OF matter than
is possible today even for Prof. Einstein
himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19
Commencement.

This week brings to an end the pc
Rod of annual commandments at col
leges and universities throughout the
United States. From their halls and
campuses thousands of young men and
women 60 forth sheepskins in hand. TO
navigate the uncharted seas of practi-
cal life. All that the so-called higher
them. They are now, in the graphic
vernacular, up against the real thing.
What is the real thing? President
Hibben of Princeton told his graduating
class on Sunday that the real thing is
for university graduates to think for
themselves" He preached the bacca-
laureate sermon on a passage from
Romans, xii.2. And be not conformed to
this world, but be We transformed by
the renewing of your mind"
Senator Borah not long ago preached
virtually the identical doctrine in radio
address to college graduates everywhere.
The burden of the Idahoan's admonition
was dare to be radical" He did not
mean that university-trained young
Americans should go radical purely for
radicalism's sake in any spirit of revo-
lutionary doctrinarianism. Senator
Borah. choosing an idiom different from
the biblical text invoked by DR.. Hibben,
gave the seasons cap and gown brigade
the same counsel They should form
opinions, not take them, ready made
from others. They should eschew the
herd mind. They should not permit the
mass-production idea now character
istic of American industry to take root
In their mental processes. They should
be intellectual individualists.
Except for the college men and
women who go in for professional ca
reers, university graduates take away
from the campus nothing but well
ordered thinking apparatus. They
have learned. or should have learned, to
coordinate knowledge for general cul-
tural purposes. They have had oppor-
tunity to know what joy of living can
come from a mind trained to appreciate
the higher things Of human life. A love
Of reading is perhaps foremost among
these. College boys and girls who come
home this month, whether q fraternity
pin accompany them or not, bring much
if it consists only of a passion for good
books.
Books are powerful aid in helping
men and women to think for them
selves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19

American press comment on the
murder by gangsters of Alfred Lingle,
Chicago reporter, reveals settled con-
viction that by going outside its own
ranks for a victim organized crime has
been put on the defensive and that
both the actual slayer and his spon-
SorS will be punished. There Is also
a strong belief that gangland itself
is in greater danger of having reused
the indignation of the press.
If the press will pursue its Inan-
imously avowed course to the finish,
wherever that leads" asserts the Louis
Vile Courier Journal, lit will triumph.
and it will catch lot Of people who are
not gangsters." The Seattle Times ayers
that the challenge cannot and will not
be ignored" and that 1.-The test of
strength between gangland and law
abiding people is at hand" The Omaha
World-Herald thinks that 'if this latest
murder should prove the turning point,
II decency ut last gains strength to
war with the gangs, then Chicago will
redeem itself" that surely by now it
has learned the costly lesson"
"Inasmuch ss the death Of Lingle
has whipped the press of the city into
q fighting mood" in the Judgment of
the Hartford Courant, "the result may
be not only the arrest and punishment
of his murderers, but the extinction
wholesale of the parasites who during
the last several years, have made the
name of Chicago sure-flre joke" The
Charlotte Observer advises that "Chi-
cAgo has the chance to redeem itself
by driving out, for once and for ALL
the menace to free government and
righteous living which its citizenship
Is having to put up with"
y
The murder may and should excite
public wrath until the last vestige of
tolerance in dealing with gunner shall
have been banished," states the Phil
adelphia Evening Bulletin. That cor
rupt politics must be attacked is the
advice of the Pittsburgh PoSt-Gazette,
the San Antonio Express. the st. Paul
Pioneer Press, the Danbury Evening
News. the Charleston Daily Mail and
the Roanoke World-News. The Flint
Daily Journal is impressed by the lesson
that Chicago must realize that 1t will
have to value human life more dearly"
The Dayton Daily News, whose owner
has faced a similar tragedy in Ohio, de-
clares that IF the people of the United
States do not now get an idea of the
alliance between crime and politics,
which everywhere menaces the integrity
OF their governments, 1t Is because they
cannot or will not read" That paper
concludes, ITO make q right-about in
the direction Of the American mind is
the present most pressing need of
American life and politics"
In an attack on legal methods the
Chicago Daily Tribune declares: "Ju-
dicial poise is, of course. a priceless
asset to the bench. Still we cannot re-
gard as virtue the turning loose of
notorious killers. The tendency in this
direction of many of the judges of
the Municipal Court and some judges
of the circuit and superior courts is
in no small measure responsible for
the reign of terror which has culmi-
mated In the killing Of Mr.. Lingle"
X
will the death of this reporter start
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19
Bird Lovers Regret
Heath Hens Passing

From the GAINESVILLE Times-SignHl.
Bird lovers will read with regret OF
the passing of another specimen OF
American wild life, the heath hen. A
recent survey revealed that there is but
a single heath hen-a male, in existence.
The heath hen, smaller and ruddier
replica Of the prairie chicken Of the
Western plains, once was so common
In the East that laborers and servants
stipulated In their contracts that it was
not to be served at meals more often
than twice q week. The State Of Mas
sachusetts has spent more than $4,000
in its fight to save the bird, but has lost
its fight, for the bird has passed in
spite of all that human agencies could
do in It's behalf. The passing OF the
heath hen is declared to be one of the
greatest tragedies of American wild life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19
Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands.

actual participation is part of the risk
which the bettor assumes.
Early Vaccination
of Children Desired.
Impartial, Montevideo - All school
children in Paraguay must be vacci-
mated before beginning their courses.
This incubation should take place
some time before the child is admitted
to school, rather than just previously,
as the vaccination process sometimes
occasions slight illness or tenderness OF
the part affected. For this reason some
people are reluctant to have their chill
dren vaccinated, regardless of the fact
that this method Is the only one known
to medical science that Is sure i'm
munity against the terrible scourge of
smallpox or variola. Indeed, the earlier
a child is vaccinated the better, for
smallpox is generally fatal ut an early
age of life.
The protective effects Of vaccination
are only temporary. Three years Is the
shortest period of immunity after the
treatment, so one is assured for at least
that period. After three years, to be
certain of not contracting the disease,
one should have further vaccinations.
Those who become the victims Of
had employed upon them the beneflcent
measures of vaccination. The whole
world testif1es to the efficacy of this
discovery In preventing the terrible dis
ease.
Shaw Play Banned
In Saxony.
Morning Post, London.-Mr. Bernard
Shaw has always been a favorite In
Germany-at least as long as he was
not a favorite in this country! But
now the position is reversed. While we
are all--except the notwithstanding
The Apple Cart" that pleasant play
has been banned by the State Of Sax
ony. II is not to be allowed at the State
Theater (the Saxon minister OF culture
has decreed it,, because 1t attempts TO
satirize the idea of democracy!
Now, the play not only attempts, 1t
achieves this profane task. And 1t goes
further-it portrays the personnel OF a
Socialist government very much like
our own as something like an over
crowded third-claSs carriage" More
over, 1t defends the institution Of roy
atty, which Germany has temporarily
and no doubt. unwillingly abandoned.
Mr.. Bernard Shaw has, in fact, become
a reactionary, with leanings to medi-
evalism. But the full explanation was
not apparent to the minister OF culture
in Saxony. 1t is only made clear in
Mr.. Bernard Shaw's attack on the 30
cialist musical copyright BILL Royalty
and royalties stand together, as so
shrewd q student of politics clearly per-
ceives so Mr.. Bernard Shaw Is prepared
to die in the last ditch In defense OF
kokta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19
Loud.Speaker Relief at Last.

A long-sutiering public has at last
been granted relief in prospect from the
intolerable nuisance of excessively loud
radio noises. A regulation has been
drafted and adopted by the Commits
sioners which, after the thirty days of
notice required by the law, will go into
effect to permit the prosecution Of any
person, partnership, association, Arm
or corporation" who uses or operates
or causes to be operated ANY mechan-
ical device, machine or apparatus or in
trument for the intensincstion Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19

the eighteenth amendment rather than
outright repeal. 1t looks as though the
Democrats OF New York were taking
heed of the success of the Morrow idea
in New Jersey. an idea which appeals
to many moderate drys as we'll as to
the vets.
c. BaScom Slemp, Republican national
committeeman for Virginia for years,
is to make final decision in regard
TO his proposed candidacy for the House
from the ninth congressional district at
conference Of Republican leaders of
the district at Big Stone Gap on Satur-
day. Mr.. Slemp formerly represented
this district for a long time as men,
Der of the House, as his father did be-
fore him. In the Hoover landslide two
years ago Joseph G. Schaffer. a Repub-
lican, was elected Representative Mr.
Schaffer has said he will not run for
reelection this year. It seems to be a
question OF duty versus inclination with
Mr.. Slemp. 1t is the understanding
that he does not want to run and that
If he is finally persuaded to make the
race ii will be because the Republicans
convince him that he is the only man
who might make the race successfully
and that 1t Is his duty TO the party
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Tides of Thought.
The words will come; the words will go,
Like mighty ocean tides that flow
In irresistible display
And then they turn the other way.
Our customs change. What once seemed
wrong
Is hailed in speeches, jest and song,
And, like the market going gay,
Our morals turn the other way.
There is no we'll established bliss.
What has been That will next be
This"
And all the records plainly show,
The words will come; the words will 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19

Lindbergh is personally dry" with
out being politically wet" Mr.. Nor
row is Ia fortunate position. Not
every man finds his family relations
in so helpful an attitude.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19

Washington, D. G., will have no pro-
fessional theater for the Summer. The
amateur theater will assert itself in the
endeavor to prove that the theater is
still means of popular expression,
apart from commercial considerations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19

The New York stock market still
holds out inducements to the intelligent
investor, though continuing to place
discouragements in the way of the
imaginative Spectator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19

Opinion has been expressed by
Charles Dawes that newspaper work is
highly competitive. In Chicago it APP
pears to resolve itself into q matter Of
life and death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19
Kick Town Definition.

From the Fort Worth Record-TeleEram.
About the only remnant of the old
definition of hick town is one which
imported school teachers enter chant
ing. IAN hope kbandon we who enter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19

A leadership implies dificult assump-
tons Of responsibility. A large element
Of Mussolini's support looks to him for
resolute assertion Of ability to whip
all corners
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19

A few remarks from Hiram johnson
serve to indicate that only small
ocean separates Japan from California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19
Unified Imnression.

fingered by the bounding sea,
With clothes the gals dispense:
And they all look alike to me,
SO, what's the difference?
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19

"A good hoss." said Uncle Eben, docs
his best an shows his boss sense by
leavin' u human folks b worry"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19

Something 70 Say.
What did you tell that intruder"
asked Senator Sorghum.
That you had nothing to say"
answered the secretary.
did that silence him?"
mot quite. He said he was aware Of
the fact, and, being a good scout, he
was prepared TO help you make up
something"
Jud Tunkins says an old joke be-
comes 80 irritating that instead of being
faithful friend It becomes an ancient
enemy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19

Beauty Contests.
I'VE hold beauty contests every
Summer"
They don't mean anything" an
swered Miss Cayenne. mo elephant
is beautiful. Yet II IS the big feature
Of every circus
"Hatreds," said Hi Ho. the sage Of
Chinatown, ARE only imaginary-the
results OF a conflict Of Self-interests."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19

UVeFWheImeU.
My Radio! My Radio!
You should provide a bouncer.
The speaker cannot get a show
Because of the announcer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19

@. How old is Walter Winchell, the
columnist?-F. c.
A. Walter Winchell was born April Z,
1897, in New York City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19

Representative Franklin W. Fort. who
leaped into the New Jersey senatorial
primary as supporter of the eighteenth
amendment after Mr. Morrow had made
his declaration in regard to prohibition,
Is being mentioned as a possible selec-
ton by President Hoover for the chair
manship Of the Republican national
committee, provided that Claudius H.
Huston steps out of that Office in the
near future. Mr.. Fort served as Secre-
tary of the national committee all
during the Hoover presidential cam
palgn. He submitted his resignation
several months ago, but it has never
yet been acted upon by the committee
or the executive committee thereof.
Mr. Fort Is strong personal supporter
OF the President. He was one of his
pre-convention campaign managers in
1928. He would At admirably into the
picture as chairman of the national
committee, although some of the vets
might not take kindly to the selection
OF Mr.. Fort as national chairman of
the G. o. P.
Up in Mr.. Forts district in New Jer-
sey. which he has represented in Con-
gress for the last six years, wet was
nominated by the Republicans to
succeed him on Tuesday.
Following close on the heels Of the
Morrow victory on his modification of
prohibition platform comes a report
from New York that the Democrats,
led by Gov Roosevelt, are seriously
considering just such a platform on
the liquor question for the coming
campaign in the Empire State. The
Democrats are likely to favor home
rule for the States on the liquor ques-
ton and to support an amendment Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19

@. Has anybody ever figured what
sickness and death cost annually In
the United States?-A B. H.
A. An estimate has been made that
the national loss from illness and pre-
ventable death is more than $4,000, :
100000 each year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-19
COSMETICS BILL HEAVY
Average Woman Uses Three Times
Her Weight in Lifetime.


CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-The aver
age American woman uses. during
her lifetime, three times her weight
in cosmetics, Mrs. NJ. B. McGravran,
Kansas City, president of the Amer
lean Association of Cosmeticians
and Hair Artists, told delegates at
the associations eleventh annual
convention being held here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-19
DEFENDERS OF
TRUTH LAUNCH
RADIO NETWORK
Second Station of National
Chain Is Added to Re-
IiqiouS Organization.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-Plans for
a national chain of radio stations
to war against certain practices and
doctrines of the Catholic church
we're explained today by officials OF
an organization known as the De-
tenders of Truth.
Franklin Ford, president of the
society, announced he had arranged
for the purchase Of the second link
in the radio chain-Station WOAX
at Trenton, N. j. The Defenders
of Truth already operate Station
WHAP in New York city, over which
they broadcast five programs a week.
Prominent Catholics asked to
comment upon Ford's plan referred
all inquiries to radio station
WLWL, maintained by the
Paulist League, Catholic organiza-
ton. There it was said the station
has no intention "of entering into
any controversy with Mr.. Ford"
st can not say how rapidly l will
add to the chain" Ford declared.
"Our income depends entirely up
on voluntary contributions.
81 will say, however, that when
we do ad other stations they prob
ably will be in cities like Boston,
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-19
DRY FORCES TO MAP
POISON JAKE DRIVE
Federal Agents to Convene in Ohio
to Halt Paralysis Wave.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-Plans
for a drive against sellers and
makers of cake" a ginger extract
which has been paralyzing drinkers,
will be made at a conference of de-
partment of justice and prohibition
bureau official 1T Cincinnati this
week.
For months prohibition agents
have been gathering data on the
widespread sale of the beverage and
the disastrous effects it has had
on users. Indictments have been
returned in Cincinnati, in Coving-
ton, KY, in Kansas and in Okla
homa.
The product in question, accord
ing to the department of justice,
was manufactured by holders of
permits to manufacture medicinal
preparations, and shipments were
made by producers in Boston,
Cincinnati, Chicago and
st. Louis to distributors in southern,
central and southwestern states.
Little was sold in the cas- ern states.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-19
STEALS MONEY IN BOOK
Thief at Cleaning Company Wasn't
Fooled by Hiding Place.

A thief entered the Overall
Cleaning and Supply Company, 729
East Vermont street, early today
and stole S124 which Lee Lorton,
manager of the firm, hid in a book.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-19
WIFE-BEATER JAILED
City Man Sentenced to Four
Months on Farm.

Convicted of beating his wife and
burning her with cigarets, George
Werntz, 81, of SIS Drover street, was
sentenced to four months on the
state farm and fined 500 in mu-
nicipal court Monday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-19
RADIO TRAPS BURGLARS
Enables Police Cruising Squad to
Capture Foundry Thieves.

Blu United Press
CLEVELAND, Aug. ia man
looked out of his bedroom window
Monday night and saw two thugs
saving a hole through the roof Of
brass foundry here.
He called police who appeared in
a radio cruiser within three minutes
and took the robbers as they walked
out the front door, their arms
loaded down with brass fittings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-19
BACK HOME AGAIN

Stolen automobiles recovered by police
belong to-
cnrn field near Montcalm street
Hudson coach. 73s-l27. found in rear Of
Ford TdII touring. ss-575. found at s24 North
Liberty street.