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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-15
TITS only some more Of those war
correspondents"
Merely a Guest

II HAD no desire to be mistaken
for a general by either friend or
foe. MY earliest military embarrass-
ment came before our own troops
we're in the line, and I was tenn
porarily a guest at the British front.
I then wore handme-down uni
form procured at the Galleries La
fayette in Paris-a uniform which,
l must admit, did credit neither
to me nor the store. Nor to the
allied cause, for that matter.
And yet it suff1ced to fool SIM
pie British soldier whom I met dur
ing nv first morning ramble around
the town of Aniens. The mans
right hand did two complete loops
before it came to rest at his fore
head.
So elaborate and punctilious
was the salute that 1 felt decidedly
embarrassed. Some acknowledgment
must be made of a gesture OF such
magnifcence, but a salute from me
would be both inadequate and de-
ceptive. After all, was not an OF
f1cer, but only a reporter.
I had to think fast, for the British
soldier stood frozen fast while I
tried to make up my mind. 1 did
nothing at all with my right hand,
but merely remarked cheerily:
Good morning. It's a nice day.
And then I passed by. The British
soldier seemed surprised. Evidently
good morning" isn't regulation,
either.
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| - II a NnM nv FREDERICK
- ~A~A AOO4 LANDS

CPEAkING into microphone is good deal like
~ fishing in bath tub-the success of it depends
entirely on your imagination.
If you are able to see faces where there are none
ana hear applause that never existed then you will
be the berries; otherwise, not.
You must be able to buffalo yourself into the
ecstasy felt by the speaker before the crowd which
takes the roof of in its enthusiasm.
You must carry your own climate with you into
the Ir1gld solitude; you must take along the gulf
stream few potted plants and cluster of canaries
ana create your own summer time.
IF you can do this. if you can turn an empty room
4 into packed pavilion and stiff -necked micro
phone into several thousand shouting people then
you are elected and your thoughts will flow gently
sorghum.
But if you are not capable of decentralization,
you never viii De an evergreen of the ether you will
be an iron man, offering mineral wool to far flung
customers who desire velvet utterance.
If you must work at it. you are total loss but
if you can be natural, then you are wearing the
golden slippers
That is, if you have anything to say.
lot of people have microphone fright, just as
many fine actors have stage fright.
DUT to get back to the radio--The announcer leads
ID you into the studio and pointing. says: There
are more than two million people in this rooml"
After the first impact of this utterance, you look
around and regard the statement slightly exag-
gerated because you see nobody but the announcer.
He means that two million people, scattered over
the map on the line.
He makes the announcement, then mods to you and
you are it.
You start in a strained voice which you never
heard before and you start to look under the piano
TO see who is butting in
Then you get easy after little while and it's
q thrill to the end
You resolve to be gay. nght-hearted. and nonchal-
ant next time. but maybe you wol1k.
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Gained Ground
TINE wave theory of light gained
ground l1nneuer. with the roass-

TINE wave theory of light gained
4 ground, however. with the pass
ing centuries.
'At the beginning of the nine
tenth century, in 1901. Thomas
Young, after a study of the colors
of thin plates, the familiar soap
bubble colors, declared himself in
favor of the wave theory for the
following reasons" says Professor
Spinney.
These colors are explained un-
der other theories only with the"
greatest difficulty, and by the aid of
most gratuitous assumptions where
as the minutest particles of these
phenomena not only are perfectly
consistent with the wave theory, but
they are all the necessary conse-
quences Of that theory, without any
auxiliary suggestions
In 1915 Fresnel explained moro
fully the phenomena described by
Young.
In 1850 many authorities felt that
the wave theory completely was es-
tablished by the work of Fizeau and
Foucault on the speed of light.
In the meantime. Faraday had
begun his study Of electromagnetic
phenomena.
The wave theory Of light reached
its highest development in the work
of Maxwell. Maxwell held that
light was itself an electro magnetic
wave.
In 1888 Professor Heinrich Hertz
succeeded in producing the first
radio wave.
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cells, indicating the attempt of the
body to form a sufficient number of
cells to overcome the conditions.
Fortunately, in recent years stud
les have been made which are use
full for control of this condition,
which formerly was almost invaria-
bly, fatal. If the blood has degen-
Grated so greatly as to bring about
a serious condition, it is desirable to
give one or several blood transfu-
sions to bring him to satisfactory
state.
1t is, of course, necessary to pro-
vide rest until the red cells have
increased above 100000.
The step of major Importance,
however, is the taking Of liver and
of extracts of the liver, or Of the
stomach wall, which now have been
shown to be exceedingly valuable in
controlling this disease.
In addition to giving from one
fourth to one-half pound of cooked
calf or beef liver daily, or Of lamb
kidneys, the patient also takes a
considerable amount of iroll-con-
tanning vegetables and fruits.
The general diet for such pa
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-15
Conflicting IDEAS

A THEORY about light which
"A preceded the wave theory of
light held that light consisted of
minute particles or corpuscles. Such
a theory does not require the ex-
istence of an ether.
The corpuScular theory is finding
new life today under the name of
the quantum theory. But even if the
quantum theory should account sat-
isfactorily for the phenomenon Of
light there remains the battling
mystery of radio transmission.
In the light of the present state
of affairs, it is interesting to review
the history of theories regarding
light and waves.
Prof. L. B. Spinney of Iowa State
college points out that sharp con-
f1ict between the wave theory and
corpuscular theory of light was
raging in the seventeenth century.
The great Sir Isaac Newton,
whose development of the idea of
universal gravitation laid the foun-
dalton Of much of modern science,
threw in his weight with this COR
puscular theory.
But Prof. Spinney points out that
Newton did not deny the existence
of the ether On the contrary, he
employed the idea that the ether
was subject to fluctuations we
probably could call them waves -
which exercised considerable inf1u-
ence upon the corpuscles of light.
AS Professor Spinney says: THE
significant fact just here is that
even Newton, the most distinguished
opponent of the wave theory of
light, found it necessary in his
thinking to employ the ether con-
cent"
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Process of Barter

DY simple process Of barter the
- coat became mine, to have and
to hold. Examined in stronger
light, the skins seemed curious. Here
was no handiwork of nature, but
the synthetic product of some in
genious artisan possessed of hair
mattress and liberal supply Of
mucilagc.
1t did not seem coat calculated
to stand up well in wet weather.
Nor did it. When it rained in the
Vosges my fur coat dropped and
gave other signs Of protest even to
such as were not in visual range.
To some extent the costumes of
correspondents were prescribed by
army regulation. Each one of us
was compelled or permitted, if you
please, to wear Sam Browne belt,
like any officer.
But our buttons bore no insignia.
and on the left arm We were identi-
fed by a green brassard bearing the
letter C.
Full many a time We dashed over
the roads of France in government
limousines as fine as those assigned
to generals
In fact, from distance we looked
like generals, and I've seen whole
row Of doughboys lolling about q
French village snap to attention as
we came roaring down the street II
a high powered motor.
It is true that they unsnappec
again as soon as we were close
enough for them to observe the tell
tale c. The salute would disinte-
crate into a Drofane exclamation
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-15
The Lions Do Their Share

Members of the Indianapolis Lions Club. pledg-
ing themselves to spend 500 in specified week to i'm
prove business and Danish gloom and depression are
to be commended for their effort
The problem Of unemployment and business stag
nation goes lar too deep for even such praiseworthy
movements to solve completely, but every little bit
helps"
In club as large the Lions it undoubtedly will
be sacrifice for many OF the members to carry ont
the pledge. But they are going at their undertaking.
with such whole-hearted zeal that they should be an
inspiration to others who probably far better could
afford it, but have hung back, waiting more pron-
tious time for spending
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Off on Wrong Foot

7 EFT US be up to date in our ideas,
IL by all means, but, also, let us
not get so enthusiastic over that
phase of it as to close our minds to
the significance of results.
There are not only too many bank
failures in this country, but there
would be more were it not for in
surance and the excellent work of
private detectives. SO, too, there are
too many crimes of every kind by
comparison with the record of other
countries.
England, France and Germany
continue the noble experiment of
trying to impress their children with
a sense Of personal responsibility;
even to the extent of a switch now
and then. They are finding it pos
sible to tear down some of their
prisons, while we face the task of
building bigger. if not better ones.
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H7d6ATF IB1TIt3eA
| ANNIVERSARY
H444lsd
BIRTH OF NIETZSCHE
October Is

I'm Oct. Is, 1874, Friedrich Metz
~ sche, one of the most daring
thinkers of the nineteenth century.
and held by many responsible for
the war spirit of Germany, was born
near Leipzig, Germany.
Educated at the universities OF
Bonn and Leipzig, Nietzsche at %
became professor OF philosophy at
Basel. but resigned ten years later
because of an eye affliction.
In the ensuing ten years he wrote
the daring philosophical essays on
which his fame rests. They inten-
tionally offend the Christian reader
by their violent Pronunciation OF
Christianity, eliminating in bias
pheny.
An apostle OF the superman and a
foe of the weak and inferior among
mankind, Nietzsche hotly opposed
democracy and Socialism. for the
reason they insisted upon equality
of rights and privileges for strong
and weak.
Nietzsche asserted that only
through the morality of the strong
can men, that is, the few, the mas
tiers, rise to higher stages and at
tain the state Of euperman.
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SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ


Whether Ether Erists Is a
Battling Problem for the
Scientific World.
MUSIC comes out of the loud
4VA speaker Of your radio set. The
performer may be in q broadcasting
station thousand miles away. How
does the miracle take place?
Strange as It may seem. the scien-
fist would have answered the ques-
ton with more assurance ten years
ago than he feels justified in show
ing today.
Radio waves travel from the
broadcasting station to your radio
set over the ether of space" would
have been the answer ten years ago
But today. many scientists are not
certain that the ether exists. Con-
sequently. 1t is a much more diff
cult task to explain the transmission
Of radio waves.
The ether is what the scientists
call a hypothetical medium. Radio
waves travel from one place to an
other. So 10 light waves. Light
comes 100000 miles from the sun
to the earth. Light comes 25,0O0,-
000,000,000 miles from the nearest
star to the earth. How does it do
it?
The existence of the ether was
hypothecated to provide a medium
Of transmission for the waves of
light.
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BY DIR, MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia the Health
Magazine.
THERE is another condition in
Il which the destruction of the
blood is fairly constant and its for
nation apparently deficient. 1t
comes on usually after middle age
and apparently is associated with
any denonstrable infection of the
teeth, or the tonsils, or any similar
disturbance.
Among the early symptoms are
disturbances of digestion, apparently
associated with lack of hydro
chloric acid in the stomach. There
is weakness and breathlessness;
there may be a loss of appetite and
severe headaches.
Obviously, one of the chief fac
tors in the diagnosis Of the condi-
ton is the study of the blood under
the microscope. When the cells are
counted it is found that the red
blood cells are reduced greatly in
number, whereas the red coloring
matter of the blood apparently is
increased.
There are many strange-shaped
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Finish the Job


many good ones, for Republicans who re-
spect the traditions of their party and de-
mand decency in public Office to drive Coffin
ism from the public schools and the city hall,
there are twice as imperative and compelling
motives for finishing the job by driving it
from the county courthouse and the state
legislature
Coffinism first made its appearance as
Stephensonism. 1t is a system, not person
atty 1t is a viewpoint of government which
is opposed to public affairs.
Cofinism cares nothing for party princi-
pies, but demands loot.
Coffinism is founded upon the theory that
the stub pencil and the complacent election
official form a majority at election.
Coffinism believes in padding pay rolls
with useless political workers and denying
funds to the INDECENT, the needy, and the
aged The monstrous condition at the poor
farm, where old men whose only offense is
their poverty are tortured by privation as
they wait for death, is the logical result of
Coffinism in power
Cofinism betrays the people to the priv
legged interests and sells their birthright for
private or political gain In every instance
in which the people of this city or of this
state are being pillaged by utility buccaneers
the privilege of looting the people has been
delivered by Coffinism.
Cofinism ever stands in the path of
progress. 1t was Coffinism which overthrow
the will of the people of Indianapolis in their
desire for the city manager form Of govern
ment. Is it too much to say that Coffinism
asked and obtained the weird decision of the
supreme court by which the people were
denied the form of government for which
they had voted six to one?
Cohinism depends for its power upon con-
troll of party label. 1t depends upon the
LOYALTY of men and women to traditions and
ancient principles. The real principles OF
Cofinism are those of the racketeer.
CoAinism is more than local, it exists in
Lake county, incubator of perpetual cleo
tion frauds in importation Of manufactured
citizens.
The people of indianapolis, and especially
The Republican men and women who have
real respect for the good name of their party
have made three valiant and winning fights
against this evil.
The first was the magnificent uprising in
p demand for the city manager form of gov
eminent. Denied that, the people drove
Coffinism from the public schools and ban
ished it from the city hail.
There remains the last fight to drive this
system and this viewpoint from the court
house. That accomplished, there can be
competition in decency between the two polit-
ical parties.
Should Coffinism win decent Republicans
must continue to blush in shame and apology
for the low estate to which has fallen the
party of Lincoln, of Roosevelt and of Hoover
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Times Readers
Voice ViezCS

Editor Times-Attsched is clip
ping from your PAIR. showing
large number Of tyss raphical err
rors. think it wouio tend to in
crease your circulation as well as
make the paper much more inter-
eSting for the reader if mistakes as
appearing in this columns would not
appear.
You viii note there are nine mis-
spelled words in this column, be-
sides one whole line of jumbled let
tiers and figures that mean nothing.
Why don't you publish this? I do
think ct least an apology is due
A READER
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SAYS;

IN Spite of All Our Crook
Proof Systems, Some of the
Boys Keep Right on Put
ting 1t Over.
|NTASHINGTON COURT HOUSE
w (O) is a pretty town. You'd
like it, especially at this time of
year, when its streets are af1ame
with autumn leaves. Also you'd
know that the people who live there
like it by the way they keep their
houses painted and their yards in
order.
We we're tempted to stop long
enough to pass the time Of day, if
nothing more, but Columbus was
only forty miles behind, while Gin
cinnati was thirty ahead, with a
couple of detours in between.
So we compromised by jogging
slowly through the business district,
noting the spifnness of the parked
cars, the neatness Of the shop, and
the atmosphere Of complacent self
suf1ciency which pervaded every
thing.
What we really sought was
bank, a bank with sealed doors and,
perhaps, shattered windows, a bank
that went out of existence five
months ago, bank that had given
Washington Court House lots of adj
vertising when the brother of its
president became attorney general
of the United States, and that
promises to do more in the same
line, now that its president has gone
bankrupt and been indicted on
fifty-eight counts.
But either that bank was on some
other street, had been disguised by
a new tenant, or we missed it.
Just as well. Such bank does
not belong in such a town, yet who
can efface the memories it conjures
up, or the chronic weakness for
which it stands?
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Daily Thought

Be thou faithful unto DEATH
Revelation 2:10.
There can be no faith so feeble
that Christ does not respond to it.
Alexander Maclaren.
How many suspende-s are man
ufactured annually in the United
States?
In 1927. 1,350,476 dozen pairs,
valued at 1924 ,305.
Do light and electricity travel at
the same speed?
The speed of each is approzi-
mately 10000 miles per second.
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Small Town TRAGEDIES

OlllQiI OWII OSOQIOO
light or nine years ago, Harry
H M. Daugherty was a tower Of
strength in the political affairs Of
this country, not only as a member
of President Harding's cabinet, but
as one OF the Presidents closest
friends. Brother Nal shone in his
reflected glory, and, as any other
town would have done under the
circumstances, Washington Court
House claimed a little of the spot
light for itself.
Then came the crashes and scan
dals, one after another, in quick
succession; not so bad as they have
been painted in certain racy books,
perhaps, but bad enough, and to
spare-the still unexplained tragedy
of Jess Smith, the exposure and
downfall of Forbes, the upheaval
over Teapot Dome, only to mention
high spots.
The "Great Caba1," as some have
called it, originated in small town
politics, and, ironically enough, it
ends in a small town catastrophe.
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The Crooks

DUT Washington Court House
ID must not feel it has any mort
gage on the vagaries of human
nature as represented by Nal
Daugherty and the Ohio State
bank, because Cincinnati is revel-
ing in the same kind of stew,
though with no Washington con-
nection to give it flavor.
Eight column heads tell how two
prominent citizens are on trial,
while another has been indicted as
a. result of bank smashes which oc-
Cured when party named Shafer
took this town for ride to the tune
of 100000.
You Just can't seem to beat the
game with adding machines and
statutes
In spite of all the laws we have
passed and crook-proof systems we
have installed, some of the boys go
right on putting it over.
They don't succeed permanently.
of course, but many of them do a
surprising amount of damage be-
fore they get caught.
Il II
We Find a Better Way
NUR grandfathers had an idea
~ that character was the safest
bet, and that more could be accom-
plished by training children to be
honest than by trying to make them
honest, without training.
We think we have found better
way. In our estimation, personal
responsibility, especially as it in
wolves personal punishment, is only
some more mid Victorian tommy
rot.
Our conception of personal up
rightness is something that can be
manufactured, peddled at SO much
pound and warranted not to rip,
tear, ravel, or run down at the heel,
through efficiency system and mass
regulation.
If a child is naughty, we punish
the whole class, on the theory that
the class will make him behave
properly. If we discover a careless
driver, we hang up another rule for
all drivers.
It's an intriguing scheme, chiefly
because it enables those in re-
sponsible positions to pass the buck.
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Ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those of
one Of Americas most inter
estinR writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this uaper.-The Editor.
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Unemployment, we learn. has increased the habit
OF reading And reading, in turn, undoubtedly has
increased volume production
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Those air mail pilots asking for q salary increase
can certainly be convincing when they complain of
the high cost of living
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Ever since oil was discovered On an Oklahoma golf
links, John D. is reported to be watching his game a
little more closely.
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conducive to this If teachers can not be made to
realize this, they not fit for their profession.
Let Superintendent Stetson and his staff of prin-
cpals give little thought and little OF their time
for an Investigation The schools will be better for
clearing breeze even if the situation is not as bad as
many honest parents view it.
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fcopyrieit. ESQ. BY ne Timesl
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Gas TAX SHOWS
CAIN over 1923
2,808,821 GaIIonage Boost
Revealed in Figures.

No panic or depression has been
registered in the Hoosier motor
world according to the June gaso-
line tax figures compiled today by
Leland K. Ffshback, state gasoline
tax collector.
Collections for June showed a
gain of $112,253.84 over June 1929
and there was a gain of 2,808,821 in
gallonage. Total June gasoline tax
was 1888, 54017 on 42,088,5o4 gall
Ions.
The state did not profit as greatly
as these figures would indicate,
however, for there was a gain of
5000 in the number of refunds.
Total refund for June was $780,
963.42, an increase of $74,683.60 over
June of last year.
Collections for the first six months
of 1880 amounted to $8,078, 698 80, an
increase of $1,565, 1882 over the
first six months of 1929.