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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
No Utility Merger

When the public service commission refused
uuste properly to permit the insult interests to bring
into a merged company a large number Of electric
and street railway and bus companies receivers were
asked by creditors of the two largest transportation
units involved.
Creditors insist that the local street car company
and the interurban line to Terre Haute are bankrupt
Whether receivers viii be more successful in the
operation Of utilities than officials of the companies
is a matter of the future. The one certain factor is
that the public which patronizes these utilities will be
called upon to pay the bills.
Public utilities are just what the term implies.
They are part Of the community life. They deal IL
necessities They must be maintained.
From time to time the character Of service and
public demand changes. How long street car transpor-
tation will be necessary is question The automobile
has cut deeply into what was once most profitable
business Perhaps the present difficulties come from
the fact that the business was once too profitable for
the owners and permitted Of extravagant financial
structures which became unstable when patronage left
on the seats of nvvers
Public interest demands the most economical ad-
rninistration Of ell utilities and protection against I'M
fair and extortonate profits The theory Of regula-
ton implies this. Apparently it is more necessary
now than ever before. The time may come when the
public will demand that all utilities be merged as
matter of economy and self-defense.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
The Minor Offices

Let it be hoped that all citizens will not permit
themselves to become much interested in the more
spectacular Offices that they neglect positions that are
listed as minor Offices.
One of the most important Offices in this city is
that of Center township trustee 1t is an Office that
has outved its usefulness but it exists 1t is throw
back to primitive days There should be no necessity
for sch an office within city that has highly or
ganized government.
Yet this office collects and spends about one
hundred thousand dollars each year of the peoples
money It distributes charities It buys vast quantities
Of coal and groceries The office has power politically
greater than that of most county offices.
Candidates for the nomination for this Office
should be most carefully scrutnized.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
Discoveries

DR. MILLIKAN lists the impor-
~ tant discoveries in physics
which have been made since 1900.
These include the discovery OF
X-rays, the discovery of radiun1, the
discovery Of the electron, the devel-
opment of the Quantum theory and
the development of the Einstein
theories with their collateral imph-
cations.
Until the discovery Of the cleo
iron, it was supposed that the atom
was the smallest particle OF matter
In existence. With the discovery OF
the electron it became known that
the atom itself is composed Of these
smaller particles.
The quantum theory is almost as
much a puzzle as the Enstein theory
for the layman. 1t states that light
and other forms of radiant energy
do not exist as waves, but as little
particles or bullets.
DR.. Millikan points out that not
only have these important discov-
cries eenb made, but in addition
many important opinions held about
the nature of the universe have been
oYerthrown or modified.
A cardinal principle Of nineteenth
century physics was the so-called
law Of the conservation of matter.
This held that matter could only
change its form.
Matter, 1t held. could not be de-
Stroyed. 1t was impossible to add to
or subtract from the total amount
of matter in the universe.
But today physicists believe that
matter is convertible into energy
and that such a thing is actually
taking place in the stars.
1t is such changes in our point of
view about the universe which DR..
Millikan believes will modify our
philosophy in the years to come.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
KxTILLIAM r. HEARsT's news

XXTILLIAM r. HEARST'S news
w papers are against "entan-
Cling alliances" and they quote with
satisfaction from words uttered by
Thomas Jefferson fully twenty
years after we became a republic"
That still is a long time ago.
Jefferson said: "I can scarcely
withhold myself from joining in the
wish of Silas Deane that there were
an ocean of fire between us and the
old world"
But jefferson more than 100 years
ago was not quite persuaded that
such condition actually would pro-
mote the welfare of his country.
Given the vastly changed conditions
of a century'S progress and he
easily could have refrained from
joining in a wish so callous and SO
silly.
We do the great founders OF this
nation a grave injustice In aSsur1''
ing that they would have been I'M
able to keep pace with the march OF
the times. Jefferson spoke with a
wisdom which in many cases tram
scended the best available knoWl-
edge of his day and age.
He was capable Of vision as well
as acute observation, But that does
not mean at all that rules which
we're laid down even by an inspired
statesman at the beginning Of the
nineteenth century inevitably must
hold good in 1880.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19

High-strung, excitable, nervous
children seem more likely to
become affected than those OF
calmer characteristics.
The attack sometimes comes on
insidiously. At first the child may
be considered as unusually nervous,
but later will have difficulty in feed
ing itself or in buttoning on its
clothes and then the twitching
movements commence.
In very severe forms, the child
may be unable to walk, to speak
intelligibly, Or even to sit up in bed.
Mental disturbances not infre-
uuently accompany the attack.
Sometimes the first symptoms are
so light that the child Is merely
said to have the "fidgets." Muscu-
lar weakness may occur and be the
most permanent symptom.
Much has been said Of late coTl-
corning the relationship Of the on
set of st. Vitus' dance with over
pressure in education.
The abnormally active-ninded
child should be watched particular
ly with a view to preventing over
taxing Of the mental powers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19

all the old theories Of the practica-
bility and the durability Of isola-
ton.
But We do not need to wait for
the time when Paris and London
are on a regular eighteen-hour
schedule. Already the change in
our relation to the old world is
revolutionary enough to outmode
the point Of view of Jefferson.
In case of a blockade the United
States undoubtedly could sustain it
self, but this would be an enler-
gency measure. Under ordinary
conditions we hardly could exist in
prosperity year without the
chance Of barter back and forth
with Europe.
And it seems to me a Singularly
snobbish attitude to contend that
with the fingers Of the left hand we
may thumb our nose at the old
world while still employing the
digits Of the right for large scale
commercial dealing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
World Does Move

"TTE still is the sage of Month
II cello,'" says Hearst's American
sententiously. And the answer to
that is, what if he ts?" Suppose
your radio suddenly went out OF
gear. Would you call on Thomas
Jefferson to fix it?
You would not. He wouldn't know
ANYTHING about it. His opinion con-
corning the League of Nations and
the world court would be equally
out of line with the present condi-
tions.
Give Jefferson five years back on
earth and I'd be for him for sec
rotary of state against all corners.
Indeed, with five years and two days
of rehabilitation back into life /
would not be surprised to find him
a more capable President than Her
bert Clark Hoover.
But no man-not Washington, or
jefferson or even Lincoln-should
be allowed to throttle living aspira-
lions with dead hand. Washing
tons famous farewell address has
been a harmful document IN pres
ent day American politics.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
Saturday, April 10
LOOKING BACKWARD

Saturday, April ID
LOOKING BACKWARD
Read Proverbs Alt; Job 1928.
Memory Verse: with all thy get
ting, get understanding" proverbs
AID
MEDITATION
Lord Haldane in his autobioera-
ply devotes his last chapter to re-
view. He wrote at u OF his satisfy
ing philosophy: "A good deal Of my
work has been little known. The
best I can say for myself Is that I
have not been slack in either
thought or action and that some
substantial results have emerged
from time to time"
I'VE ought never to disturb our
selves about the quantity reputed
to have been ours, or about our own
prominence before the public. Our
duty Is to work without turning
our eyes to the right or TO the left
from the ideals which alone can
light up our faith. What Is ours
can be no more than the best quail
ity of which we are capable put into
the effort toward the attainment Of
what we have set before ourselves. I"
PRAYER
Teach us, good Lord, TO serve thee
as thou deservest; to give and not 10
count the cost; to fight and not 10
heed the wounds; to toll and not to
seek for rest; to labor and not to
ask for any reward, save that Of
knowing that we do thy will. Amer"
--Loyola.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

THE ancient history Of st. Vitus'
i dance is evident from its name.
Thus it was associated early with
what was supposed to be an afflic-
ton brought about by some higher
power. This was considered by the
ancients the case Of most unusual
disturbances.
In st. Vitus' dance the person,
usually a child, has irregular in
voluntary contractions of the
muscles and sometimes disturb
ances of the mind as well.
1t is the conviction Of most physi-
clans that st. Vitus' dance, or
chorea, as it is called scientifically,
is associated with an infection of
the body by a form of streptococcus.
Most cases occur in children be-
tween 5 and Is years of age and
not infrequently these children
suffer also with infection of the
heart and with rheumatic infec-
tions, which are also related to the
StreptococcaI infection.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE ------
St. Vit14S' Dance Has History

When the disease Is diagnosed
properly, the treatment consists of
suitable hygienic measures, with
special attention to outdoor life,
avoidance of nerve strain, and good
diet.
Nourishment must be sufficient to
permit growth and include plenty
Of milk, fruit juices, ice cream and
similar foods.
Some cases go on many months
without getting better, others clear
up in six to eight weeks. The con-
dition seems to have a tendency to
recur again with the coming Of
spring.
Because of the relationship OF in
fections In the nose and throat to
general streptococcal infection. it is
customary to pay special attention
to the tonsils and adenoids and to
get these removed if they seem to
be producing trouble.
Obviously cases OF chorea require
the best Of scientific attention. in
GLIDING study of the mental side as
well as the physical side of the dis
turbance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
ZENSS
lsfTI1eH
ANNIVERSARY
4&5t8
FIRST CIVIL WAR CASUALTY

= 4AS04 "a 4A VSAAR NEA0 VAIL II
April 19
ON April 10, 1861, the first
~ casualty of the Civil war &C.
Cured at Baltimore, when Private
L. C. Laid of Boston was killed
by shot fired from a mob.
Ladd was a member of the Sixth
Massachusetts regiment, first to
respond to President Lincolns call
for volunteers.
The news that the regiment
would pass through Baltimore on
its way to Washington aroused
great indignation in the former
city, where there was a strong feel
ing for secession.
When the regiment arrived at
Baltimore, seven companies were
driven rapidly through the city
from the Philadelphia to the Wash
ington railroad terminals, but in
the meantime an angry mob tore up
the railroad and determined to
prevent the rest of the regiment
from passing.
Before the four remaining COM
panies started for the station, a
mob threatened that, If an attempt
were made to march through the
streets, every marcher would be
killed. The soldiers stepped for
ward.
A volley of clubs and stones
greeted them and then pistol shots.
LAID fell dead. At this point the
captain gave the order to fire and a
number of the mob fell.
The soldiers joined their COM
panions and left for Washington.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
SCIENCE
Period From 1900 to 1880
Held the Most Remarkable
in Civilization of World.
BY DAVID DIETZ-

THE thirty years from 1900 to
\ 1880 constitute the most re-
nlarkable period in the history of
civilization, according to DR.. Robert
A. Millikan, world-famous Ameri-
can physicist and president of the
American Association for the adj
vancement Of Science.
with full recognition of the ten
dency of each generation to con-
slider itself important and it's con-
tributionS TO progress unique" he
says, Il feel altogether confident
that the historian of the future will
estimate the last thirty years as the
most extraordinary in the history
Of the world up to the present III
the number and the fundamental
character of the discoveries in
physics to which it has given birth,
and in the changes brought about
by these discoveries in mans con-
ception as to the nature of the
physical world in which he lives.
There has been no period at all
comparable with it unless it be the
period about 300 years ago, which
saw the development of Galilean
and Newtonian mechanics.
'This was indeed of incalculable
Importance for the destinies of the
race. The conceptions then intro
duced are not only the basis of
modern material civilization, but
they we're the cause of very COM
plete change in mans whole in
tellectual and spiritual outlook-in
his philosophy, his religion, and his
morals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
They Keep Step
A NORTH CAROLINA judge is
N charged with having liquor in

VOU can depend on the under
l. world to keep in step with the
upper. If it did not, vice and crime
would soon lose their terror.
Think what an easy time We
would have, if bandits would only
ride bicycles while sheriffs chased
them in automobiles, or If they
only would rob stage coaches, while
we sent our registered mail by
truck.
Bandits simply won't stay out Of
date, and in that lies the real
trouble.
It took them quite while to ac-
quire the nerve and intelligence to
stop a train and rob the express
car, but they finally got the knack
of it, and made things miserable
for a generation or so.
The first air mail robbery oc-
Cured Thursday, which suggests
that they are about to make things
miserable for another generation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
Machines
"DUT the discoveries in physics

"DUT the discoveries in physics
- Of the last thirty years" DR..
Millikan continues, Justify the ex-
pectation at least, of as great II not
greater consequences, though Of a
somewhat different sort, conse-
quenceS, too, which already are be-
ginning to be realized"
DR.. Millikan has called attention
to a number of important facts
which we sometimes forget.
When Calico stated his laws OF
motion, laws which later were am
plified by Newton and restated as
the So-called Newtonian laws OF
motion, the beginning Of modern
engineering was made.
There is not a machine IN the
world-a steam engine, an electric
motor, an automobile, to name only
a few-that could have been built
without an understanding OF Cali
leo's discoveries.
But Calico and Newton, as DR..
Millikan suggests, did more than
merely lay the foundations for the
machine age. They also made pro-
found changes in our philosophy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
1T SEEMS TO ME By HB BzogS

United States, then, as u. s. Sam
Wholesale Merchandise Company,
Incorporated. One of the best
customers OF the firm is one John
Bull Esq.
He drops in to order a bale Of
goods and the head of U. S. Sam
incorporated, asks jovially, well,
John, how are tricks? How is Mrs.
B. and all the children?"
Suppose at this moment Bull
gave way to tears and said. "She
isn't with me any more. She ran
away with a railroad man and the
children have gone to live with
their grandmother"
Now do you think 1t would be the
height of tactful craftsmanship If
U. S. Sam spoke up and said
sharply, Look here, John, I'm al
ways glad to take your orders but
please don't bother me with any Of
your troubles"
That would be singularly poor
business on the part OF an indi-
vdual. It's very bad business on
the part of a nation.
America hardly endears itself to
the rest of the world by saying,
"Stew in your own juice, but don't
forget to buy our autos and farm
machinery"
And In addition to being bad bust
ness, 1t Is perfectly wretched fell
lowstip and humanity.
Copyright. 1880. by The Tines
Who was the leading woman in
Se'rha NTidri1hf KiSx3"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
More Speed Now

WE were advised by these pio-
w neer Americans against play
ing ball with countries too big, too
reactionary and too tricky. And it
is only fair TO add that Washington
distinctly would have been startled
to hear of ocean crossings made by
huge steamers in four or five days
time.
If anybody had told Jefferson OF
dirigibles and airplanes, Of Lind
bergh and Zeppelins, he quite nat
uraIly would have been incredulouS,
Inevitably aviation viii wipe out
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
It's Human Nature

MOST of us take it for granted
IFl that the right Of free speech
and free conscience includes about
everything.
Accidentally, such Interpretation
may be sound, but our own history
contains exceptions to it.
In the Gaze of secession. for in
stance, we tolerated oratory and as
semblage in its behalf up to GER
tain point. After that, however, we
resorted to force.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19

ideals and opinions expressed
IN this column are those Of
one Of Americas most inter
esting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard 20 their
agreement or disagreement
With the editorial attitude Of
Ghie UaDer.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
Bad Business

THINGS which are true OF indi-
l. viduals are also true Of nations.
A nation is merely an agglomeration
of individuals. Let us picture the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19

New York paper runs column under the caption
of Rod and Gun" Chicago papers may soon copy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
TrotSki Likes Himself

HOWEVER Leon Trotsh may be
Il judged in other respects, he
still likes himself, as is revealed
wildly in his autobiography, just
published by Scribner & Sons.
You get the impression that in M.
Trotskis opinion, there is no genuine
revolutionist left in Russia.
Indeed, he states bluntly and UNI
equivocally that since Lenine died
and he himself was banished, lead
ership of the Communist movement
have been taken over by billiards,
weaklingS, careeristS, intriguers, self
seekers and betrayers of the revolu-
ton, sailing under the camouf1age
Of the feminist banner.
Mere spigots, he calls them, with
Stain worst of all.
All of which hardly improves his
chances of getting an invitation to
come back.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
M. E. Tracy
SAYS:

You Can Depend on the I'M
der,corld to Keep Step With
the Upper, or Vice and
Crime Soon Would Lose
Their Terror.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19

the upper, VI 10 "''"
Crime Soon Would Lose
Their Terror.
A NORTH CAROLINA judge is
N charged with having liquor IN
mis- luggage.
A friend comes to the front. de-
claring that the judge is guiltless,
since he himself put 1t there as a
practical joke.
Is is surprising what a crop OF
practical iokers prohibition has pro-
duced.
1t is even more surprising how
consistently they pick on public OIL
ficials.
Whatever else may be said OF the
eighteenth amendment and Volstead
act. they are helping to preserve our
sense of humor.
Scarface Al Capone and George
Bugs Moran decide to merge their
beer baronies in Chicago.
They evidently are impressed with
the idea that though competition
may be the life of trade, 1t often
means death to the competitor.
which is not strange. considering
what they have been through.
Like many others. they may come
out with a statement saying that
they were moved to take such ac-
ton by a desire to save the public
through more efficient methods and
a reduced overhead.
At that, they could come nearer
proving the point than some of the
big boys who have been handing us
! the bunk.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19
A CITIZENSHIP Puzz e


TOHN TOPOLCANYI, q. r mher
- of the Communist party, con-
ducts barber shop at Herminie, Pa.
He is Hungarian and his lived In
this country seventeen years.
Some time ago he applied for
admission to citizenship, but was
refused, on the ground that men,
bership in the Communist party
made him ineligible.
He appealed to the United States
circuit court, but without success.
In rendering its decision Thurs
day, the appellate court held that
the principles of the Communist
party were so incompatible with the
Constitution of the United States
that one of it's adherents could not
be faithful to both.
If that ruling is correct, what
about a native born, or naturalized
citizen who turns Communist?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19

Who was the leading woman in
1.-THE Midnight Kiss?"
Janet Gaynor.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1930-01-17
Cooperation to Bring
About Highway Beauty

The program Of the state highway
commission for putting the rights OF
way along the highways IN order and
to some extent identifying them with
trees and shrubs, will have more than
the immediate effect indicated. If the
people of Missouri are to have pride
in their fine roads, and If the people
Of the towns and cities and farms are
to be interested in cooperating for
more attractive drives, then the first
essential is to put the rights of way
in order. The power of example is
recognized. If the chambers of com
merce in the cities and towns and the
associations Of farmers in the country
can be enlisted to help in the planting
program, in the adoption of uniform
mail boxes and roadside racks, and II
the owners of stands can be induced
to make their places attractive, then
there will be hope that more of the
outdoor advertising concerns will aban
don such billing as interferes with this
program. Also when progress in these
directions has been made, the state
or local authorities wifi have better
moral ground for any legal proceed
ings that might be necessary and help
full in the way Of regulation.-Kansas
City Times.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1930-01-17
Tvues of Hedges

Ordinarily we think and speak Of a
hedge as being row of plants closely
together to effect solid mass of foil.
age. In the formal hedge, the plants
are trained in geometric outline by
periodic trimming. The Informal hedge
is trimmed to gain compactness, but
the plant is allowed to develop more
or less naturally.
In landscape design, the formal
hedge Is almost indispensable. Its
uses are legion. That is why most
every home grounds can use hedge
treatments to advantage. The formal
hedge can be used to bound and screen
the architectural garden. 1t can be
developed higher than ones head, or
by using certain plants, it can be kept
less than foot high. Within the for.
NAL garden one often finds these low
hedges bounding the flower beds and
garden paths. In the simplest garden.
hedges may be used to establish the
lines and pattern of the design.