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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-16
REASON BY FREDERICK TtaG1Is

MYTH his own wife held up and robbed in front
w of her home. Mayor william Hale Thompson
of Chicago takes an increased interest in the subject
of law enforcement
When he got home and found his wife Frustrated
Thompson said to police: Il want action and want
it immediately"
This would seem to indicate that the mayor
thought he could get action if he made it clear that
he really desired it.
GO far as we recall his honor has not previously
~ issued such an ultimatum to the police during
Chicagos long carnival of crime, but when thing
is brought home TO fellow it impresses him as being
more serious than when it is merely brought home
to the neighbors
Anyhow, it is great advertisement for Chicagos
coming worlds fair ard it will be necessary to send
another expedition OF boosters over the country to
anchor Chicago in the nations consciousness as the
most iaw-abiding of American cities
NTHAT terrible thing it would be if Clarence
w Darrov should be held up some fine evening
ard robbed OF some OF the fees he has received as
criminal lawyer.
We trust Darrow will be given bodyguard
OF course We don't want to see Darrow pilaeed
and plundered and despoiled of his substance but
it is interesting to think what difference such ex-
ward crime.
Our own Judgment is that it would curl his bangs
ana cause his venerable heart to cease to paptate
so sympatheticsly for the defendant
He even might become converted to the old idea
lnat crime is just plain cussedness
MTE never think of Darrow without being re-
w minded OF that famous criminal lawyer in New
England We believe it was Rufus Choate
1t was said Of him that no criminal ever pro-
ceeded to commit crime without first inquirne as
to the state of his lawyers health
Anyhow, We have not a crime problem, as is so
often said
We DO have criminal lawyer problem and Moth
Ing else. for without the criminal lawyer crime
would be eating out Of the hand okorganized society
ii no time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-16
Thousands Starve

7 Asst year hundreds of thou
II sands, if not millions, of Chinese
died from starvation. So did some
other people Of paler skin and closer
home.
More than one stomach gnaws
vainly for bite of bread right here
in these United States, though
wheat IS cheaper than it i been
for a good while.
You don't have to be an ideallst
to realize that something besides the
price has gone wrong.
we make grave mistake in as
suming that business depends on
dollars, rather than the human ele-
meilt.
What people consume is the most
important point. What they con-
sumo hinges on what they can az
ford, and what they can afford Is
determined largely by the chance
they are given to earn and accumu-
late.
Three-fourths of the human race
still have mighty poor chance, and
we should give some, attention to
the idea of correcting that side OF
the ledger, before we talk too loudly
about curtailment of essentials.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-16
The BoElr Atom

EOTHER experiments and studies
~ have tended to strengthen the
following Of the qrantum theory
The Bohr theory of the atom, for
example, the theory that the atom
consisted of central nucleus
around which electrons revolved, is
built up entirely upon the quantum
theory.
It is assumed in this theory that
each time an electTon jumps from
one orbit to another it releases a
quantum Of energy.
The Bohr theory gained great IA
vor because Of the ease with which
it explained most Of the facts Of
spectrum analysis.
If the light produced by any
chemical element in a luminous
state is examined with a prism or
spectroscope, the resulting rainbow
or spectrum always consists of a
group Of lines characteristic Of that
element. Each chemical element
produces its own characteristic lines
by which it can be identified.
The Bollr theory explained in
satisfactory manner why this should
be so.
Other experiments with the re-
f1ection of X-rays, notably those for
which Professor Arthur Compton Of
the University of Chicago and Prof.
G. T. r. Wilson of England were
awarded the Nobel prize, support
the quafltum theory.
But the victory of the quantum
theory is not complete. It fails to
explain the phenomena which
Young explained a century ago with
the wave theory,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-16
Not the First Time

OF course, Herbert Clark Hoover
- never has been noted as a per-
son scrupulous about raising the re-
ligious issue in American politics.
He proflted materially in the last
presidential campaign%by allowing
his supporters and henchmen to
flood the south with anti Catholic
propaganda against AL Smith.
1t is true that Hoover himself did
not take official cognizance of the
things that we're said and done 70
inflame the. hill-billy elements.
But he hardly can have been I'M
aware of the whispering crusade
undertaken against his adversary.
Everybody else knew, and at a
meeting in Tennessee Hoover lent
weight and allnost official sanction
to the proceedings By posing for the
photographers while in the act of
giving hearty handshake to John
Roach Straton, one of the most
active of all publicists in the mat
ter of fomenting religious prejudice.
copyright. 1890. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-16
Soap Bubble CoIors

THE wave theory began to ride
Il into favor with the work of
Young in 1901. He showed that the
colors which form soap-bubbles and
other thin plates could be explained
satisfactorily only by the wave the
DRY.
Fresnel, Fizeau and Foucault add
ed other evidence with the passage
of time and the wave theory finally
was put into form as the electro
magnetic theory of light by Max
well.
The year 1901 saw the beginning
Of the qnantum theory, which held
that radiation, including light, con-
sisted not of waves, but of minute
particles CALLED quanta. These mi
mute particles sometimes are called
photons. They also have been called
atoms of energy. as distinguished
from atoms of matter.
The quantum theory grew out Of
the work of Max Planck, famous
German physicist. While the GUAM
tuln theory is not as we'll known to
the public as the Einstein theory
of relatively, it is quite as revolu-
tionary.
Further, it is of interest that Elm
stein developed the general implica-
lions of the quantum theory before
he developed his famous theories Of
relatively.
oIa,,oly ,,oi,,fo5 o,,f +I,oF tI,e ,.a+a
at which energy was rsdiated away
from a black body was such that it
could not be explained satisfactorily
OH the assumption that the radi-
alton was given of ir continuous
waves.
1t could be explained. however, on
the assumption that the energy
came off in definite driblets or bull
lets, the so-called quanta.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-16

pious phrases appear in some of his
letters and addresses, but these may
have been no more than a conces-
sion to the habit and tradition of
the time. Concerning his own per-
sonal zeal, little is known.
The Constitution is amazingly
modern in it's guarantees of reli-
GUS freedom.
Although statesmen of 1880 some
times are moved to say that Amer
lea is a Christian country" they
have no authority for this state
ment.
There is no constitutional reason
why an atheist might not be Presi-
dent of the United States, or a
members of the Jewish faith or a
Buddhist, provided he were native
born
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-16
Great Field Abroad

NNOST of Europe still functions
wi on the theory that penny
saved is a penny earned. while the
Orient is afraid of giving its COM
mon people a chance either to save
or earn.
American industry maybe asking
too much of it's own folks in GER
tain lines, but it hardly has begun
to scratch the surface in foreign
lands.
The job before it is not an easy
one, but it is more than worth the
effort.
Time and time again, oriental
scholars have told us that it was
not our religion, but our machinery.
that their people needed, yet We
go right on sending them preach
ers instead Of engineers.
Also, we go right on building
tariff walls, as though other coun-
tries wouldn't follow the example
and retaliate in kind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-16
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FIRST ETHER OPERATION


Oct. Is
.ON oct. IS, 1846, DR.. William t.
" G. Morton, dentist Of Boston,
after experimenting upon himself,
administered ether for the first time
as an anesthetic in an operation at
the Massachusetts, General hospital
at Boston.
A number Of spectators who had
gathered to witness the operation
showed skepticism at Morton's ap-
paratus to put the patient, a young
man, to sleep. Morton proceeded to
administer the ether. In few
minutes he looked up and said ::
your patient is ready"
The audience incredulous,
watched in silence as the incision
was made through the skin. The
patient neither struggled nor cried
out. The operation was continued
and a tumor removed.
When the operation was over,
DR.. Warren, the surgeon, turned to
the audience and declared, Gentle
men, this is no humbug."
Inhaling a vapor to produce in
sensibility to pain was process
so new at that time that the word
anesthesia was not in use in the
language when Morton gave his
demonstration
Soon after this operation, how
ever. Oliver Wendell Holmes, noted
writer and physician. was asked to
suggest a naEae. He replied with
the word ahSsthetic. from the Greek,
meaning not feeling
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-16

it we're more true. I do not know
of any radical group, save the tiny
Communist faction, which is def
nitely anti-religious.
There is no religious test for men,
bership in the Farmer Labor or So
cialist party. The Christian Social
list group is s.i;ii; an active force.
Tt is neither fair nor accurate to
attempt to stir up prejudice against
partisans of drastic economic pro-
grams by suggesting that anybody
who holds such views must of neces-
sity be irreligious.
Christianity itself demands radi-
cal changes in the life of every man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-16
SCIENCE
Quantum Theory Contends
That Radiation, Including.
Light, Consists Of Minute.
Particles Called Quantd.
by DAVID DIEIZ-

Particles Called Quantd.
PHILOSOPHERS have not de-
L cided the question of whether
history repeats itself or not. There
are, nevertheless, interesting coinci-
dences, echoes, and parallels.
We can find some Of them in the
history of science, for example, in
the history of that interesting
scientific concept, the ether of space.
and the question bound up init
mately with It. whether light and
other forms of radiation consist of
waves or minute particles.
Prior to the start Of the nine
teenth century the idea of the
existence of an ether had declined,
due chiefly to Sir Isaac Newton's
championship of the theory that
light consisted of minute particles or
corpuscleS.
If light consists of waves, there
must be some medium in space
the ether-to carry them. Corpuscles.
however, can fly through empty
space.
The start of the nineteenth
century-the year 1801-saw the be-
ginning Of a series of events which
brought the wave theory into gen.
eral favor.
The start of the twentieth
century-the year l901-saw the be-
ginning of a series of events which
threatens to diSplace the wave
theory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-16
KindIing Old Fires

TT seems to me unfortunate that
4 President Hoover should have
raised the religious issue once again.
In warning his countrylnen of
dangers to be expected from radi-
calism he said. 1T is significant that
some of these systems deny religion
and seek to expel it,
This would be more significant if
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-16
Not Too D0vout

ID ENJAMIN FRANKLIN was an
Id other leader who hardly could
be classified as devout when judged
by the standards of his day. Jeffer-
son was frankly nationalist, and
concerning George Washington him
self there is room for debate.
Washington, it is true, frequently
attended religious services, but he
was not a church member. Certain
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-16
Daily Thought

And he that kilIeth beast, he
shall restore it; and he that kill
eth a man, he shall be put to
death.-Leviticus 24:21.
Justice without wisdom is irnpos-
sible.-Froude.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-16

ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers 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, 1930-10-16

man who left an estate of s10o,0oo,ooo made his
fortune in the canned soup business. And now his
benefciaries are in the gravy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-16

fer developing by-products study the world-market
seek to key supply to demand
Cooperative marketing is far from fool-proof
Witness the fate Of the California raisin men, wfc
fell victim to greed and overpanting the result
Of prohibition, the fates of many more through hac
management, inability to cope with the wes of pri
vate packers. world competition and other causes
But they are answering the farmers problems better
than any single experiment.
Just as no one could help the workers until they
unionized, SO help the farmers until they
TOO organize themselves for cooperation and self
help
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-16
The People Wait

sesIePS-sowAR
The Washington times., 1930-02-01

A cablegram from the Wom-
ems Patriotic Conference on Ma
tional Defense. urging 'propor-
tional parity. ship for ship, and
ton for ton" before committing
the United States to any scheme
for naval reduction, was in the
hands of the Secretary Of state
Henry l.. Stinson today at the
naval conference in London.
Other resolutions passed urged
Congress to limit immigration
from \ countries Of the West srn
hemisphere: favored compulsory
registration Of aliens in the coun.
try: opposed recognition Of So.
Wet Russia: urged organized IA
cilities to counteract communist
propaganda in schools and col
,leges. and favored requiring teach
ers to take an oath Of allegiance
to the Government,
The Star Spangled Banner
should be officially designated as
the national anthem. declared
another resolution. Others sup.
ported the national defense act.
asked funds for citizens military
training camps annually, favored
encouragement Of the merchant
The Washington times., 1930-02-01
HOSPITALS ASK
CURB ON DOPE

Endorsements Of the Porter
anti-narcotic bills now pending
In Congress have begun to reach
The Times from the heads of
various hospitals in the District
Of Columbia.
The two bills. which will
centralize all Government dope.
suppression activities and will
deny licenses to prescribe or
administer narcotic drugs to phy.
sicians who are dope addicts
themselves or who have been
convicted of violating narcotic
laws. have the Endorsement of
DR.. Charles S. Cole. president of
Sibley Hospital. and also presi.
dent of the District of Columbia
Hospital Association, who said:
There is no doubt in INV
mind that passage of the Porter
narcotic bills would further the
great cause Of dope suppression
Capitalization of authority
and responsibility now vested in
three Government bodies into one
departmental bureau cannot but
increase the effectiveness of the
Government in fighting against
CONTINUED on Page ~. Col. -
The Washington times., 1930-02-01
7 IRE SHOP
paddock
STANDS

Frank Shore, well-known tire
dealer in the 1900 block New
York Ave. N. W., who was ad.
judged guilty of contempt of
court by Justice Stafford several
days ago for violation Of q tenn.
porary paddock Injunction, in con-
nection with q liquor case, was
sentenced to year in Jail today.
No fine was imposed.
Justice Stafford also signed q
final order padlocking the New
York Avenue premises for one
year.
Paddock Decree Violated
United States Attorney Leo A.
Rover and his assistant, Harold
w. Orcutt, obtained q temporary
paddock against Shore last sum-
mer. Since that time members
Of Sergt. Letterman'S vice squad
are said to have raided the
premises and found a large quan.
tity of bonded whisky. The con-
tempt proceedings were based
largely on seizures made in that
raid.
The Washington times., 1930-02-01
To PUSH
FUND DRIVE

With contributions to the Com.
munity Chest reaching a total of
$885,442.94 last night. little
more than an even $90O,0O must
be collected between now and
next Thursday night to raise the
total to the drive quota of $1,786..
737.O7.
Redoubled efforts were urged
upon $50 Chest workers at yes
terday's report meeting in the
Mayflower Hotel by william w.
Everett. past president of Rotary
and manager of the Woodward
& Lothrop Department Store. He
declared volunteers could reach
their quota If they divided their
cards according to working days
and made it a point to see every
one in their territories.
2,72O Give $6S,133
Contributions of $63, 1873 were
reported from 2,720 persons at
the close of the days efforts
These included sums collected by
the metropolitan unit, the special
gifts committee and Region Five,
embracing the colored population.
One day's pay will he turned
over to the Chest today by each
OF the 40 inmates Of the 5alva.
ton Army Industrial Home. lO2
E st. N. w. Brigadier MCGEE
stated the men also had voted
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Washington times., 1930-02-01
BR|T|SHClJT
CRUISERS
TO15

LONDON, Feb. 1 nNsD-The
British Admiralty has cancelled
plans for another 10.0OO-ton
cruiser. 1t was learned today, thus
bringing Great Britain's navy
building program definitely down
to IS cruisers of that type in ac-
cordance with the agreement Of
President Hoover and Premier
Macdonald.
This was revealed In . written
reply OF First Lord Of the Ad.
miralty A. v. Alexander to o
question put to him in the House
Of Commons as to exactly what
Britain's navy building program
was.
The 10000 cruisers surrey and
Northumberland were definitely
cancelled the beginning Of this
week. The latest cancelled cruiser
was the only one authorized by
the government upon which con-
struction had not been begun
Britain now has II l0.O00-ton
cruisers in operation and four
more under construction.
While the curtainment Of Bri-
tain'S cruiser building program
was welcomed in conference cir
cleS today, 1t contributed nothing
toward the solution Of the pF:saai
pal problem now before the dele.
gates to the five-power arms par
ley-the working out of q com.
(Continued on Page z, Col. y
The Washington times., 1930-02-01
NOMINEES
ALL FACE
GRILL

A Senatorially applied dry test
for all prospective United States
attorneys and marshalS appeared
to be In the cards today as re.
suit of move by Senator Viii
liam e. Borah (R.) Of Idaho,
which has received the enthusiaS-
tic Endorsement of other dry lead
erS in the upper house.
Borah already has summoned
. Federal attorney nominee to
appear before the Senate Judi
ciary Committee and state how
he stands on the Eighteenth
Amendment and the Volstead Act,
1t appeared, judging from the
enthusiasm with which the idea
was picked up, that in the future
all law enforcement nominees
would have to place themselves
on the right side Of the record
before confirmation will be. &C.
corded them.
LehIbach to Answer Fort
The proposed Senatorial dry
quiz shared today's prohibition
spotlight with the awaited speech
of Representative Frederick r.
Lehlbach (R.) Of New Jersey. in
answer to yesterdays defense OF
the Eighteenth Amendment by
Representative Franklin Fort (R)
Of New Jersey. generally regarded
as Administration spokesman
Lehlbach has been given 20 min
tlteS this afternoon and q wiring.
ing wet" address is expected.
Another House move was afoot
IN the Committee on Execu
tive Expenditures, which has re
called the bill transferring pro
iibitinn from the Treasury to the
Department Of Justice in order
to erase what is termed an at
front to Secretary of the Treas
iiry Andrew w. Mellon.
The committee had reported
the measure out leaving issuance
Of industrial alcohol permits in
the hands Of the Treasury. but
had empowered Attorney General
william D. Mitchell to make the
regulations governing such is
suance. At the il1sistence of Rep
resentatives Cotton CR.) of Utah
and Cochran CD of Missouri
Chairman Williamson (R.D o1
South Dakota. decided to recon
slider.
Good As DRY Oath"
Dry Senators were unanimo,E
In rallying around Borah's NOV,
to query potential Federal prose
cutors and marshals on thei
prohibition views. Placing then
thus on record. it was pointeG
out, goes much farther than dit
the admonishing letter recentl!
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1930-02-01
Kin of Crabtree Tell
OF Early Insanity

ROMNEY, W. Va. Feb. 1.-The
early life Of Walter Crahtree. who
is on trial in circuit court here
for the Staying Of three local
residents. was revealed by a
parade of relatives. led by his
mother.
They are endeavoring to prove
that Crabtree was unaccountable
when he perpetrated the worst
tragedy that this Hampshire
county town has ever known.
The defense witnesses revealed
that traces Of insanity were ap-
parent in other generations of
the family.
Crabtree's mother, Mrs. Edith
Crabtree, told the jury of her
sons many unusual traits as a
boy and young man: how he had
developed a mania for destroying
animals, seeking out cats and
dogs only to kill them. She also
told of another phase of his
mental alteration when he once
burned commisSary building to
the ground at Green Spring, w.
Va, merely to drive out a rat
that had taken refuge under the
building.
Her mother. Mrs. Crabtree said,
revealed mental Irregularities,
and that efforts to correct her
The Washington times., 1930-02-01
FRANK SHORE GETS YEAR. bENNE 9 YEARS
Senator Borqh Demands Dry Prosecutors
GOOD
E;;;HES!

II you have good news, call
the city editor Of The Wash
ingtOn Times, District $3.50.
New York University College
Of Engineering awards scholar
ship to M. j. (Pete) Demas.
youthful Washington member
Of Byrd Antarctic expedition.
Washington Chamber Of Com.
merce to cooperate with Cen
Sus Bureau in compilation Of
country's first census Of distri-
button Of wholesale and retail
trade.
President Hoover appoints
Charles B. Rugg. Of MasSacl1u-
sets, Assistant Attorney Gen
eral. succeeding Herman j.
Galloway, resigned.
Prince Albert de Ligne, Bel
gian ambassador. founds gold
medal in Georgetown Univer-
sity foreign service school in
honor Of celebration in March
Of Tooth anniversary of Bel
gums independence.
President Hoover. through
budget bureau. approves bills to
build $5.0OO.O00 dirigible base
In California.
Rt.4 Rev. James E freeman.
bishop Of washington, to be
honor guest at fourth annual
fellowship dinner In his honor
at Hamilton Hotel Tuesday
evening.
Washington telephone users
may now talk to Warsaw, Po-
land. Transatlantic telephone
service has started from United
States, Cuba. Canada and
Mexico.
Nomination Of Col. John L.
Dewitt as quartermaster general
Of Army reported favorably to
Senate.