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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24
A Persistent Fight

Although the university Of which ne Is plesioei'
ia under the control Of religious organization the
people of the state without regard to creed are IN
terested in the persistent fight against Dr. g. Bromley
Oman of De Paw.
From the hour Of his selection Dr. Oman mas
faced bitter fight by group of alumni who object
to any liberal thought methods Of education.
His great crime is that he does not believe all
social problems setpF and is willing to listen to new
IDEAS In this he Scar~S with other great educators
of the nation They believe that education means con-
slant progress They not afraid to test new ideas
and examine them. They have thrown away taboos
and superstitions.
The fight against him comes from those OF miltar-
stic minds Some Of them are professional patrioSs
for profit Others have fought against any lnterna-
tionaI agreements that tend toward disarmament and
permanent peace. The great crime of Oman is that
he believes in peace or at least is willing to listen to
those who hope to bring peace by agreement
The whole cause # liberal education is at stake Dr.
Oman seems to be able to take care OF himself.
Whether he can defend liberal education in the
institution of which he is president, remains to be
SEEN
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24
Benefits From Radio

MAYBE the greatest benefit
Iva which radio can give is to make
the world safe against after dinner
speakers. I know a lot of men who
say they have great difficulty in
getting on their feet, but that's
nothing to the difficulty which they
seem to find in sitting down again.
People with perfectly good eyes in
other respects can't see quitting
place when they get to it,
I think there might be a lot of
money for an inventor who could
rig up combination time clock and
trip-hammer which, at the end of
eight and one-half minutes, would
release a dull, blunt instrument to
fall with great force, killing the
after-dinner speaker and amusing
the spectators.
The machine should hurl a ten
pound shell against the chest of the
speaker the moment he began, 1T
seems there were two Irishmen'
A funny story isn't so terrible If
the man who gets it off just says,
I'm going to tell a story" After
dinner speakers won't do that. They
insist that something or other has
reminded them of the anecdote.
And I never went to public
dinner that didn't have at least one
college professor. The story the
professor tells is apt to be Just q
little bit rowdy.
You see, he's come to the dinner
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24
.R. GILBERT N. LEWIS. physi-

DR. GILBERT N. LEWIS pnysl-
~ cist of the University of Cali
fornia, has introduced the idea that
time may flow both ways. In his
own domain he denies that the past
precedes the future. Of course, the
drama has beaten him to it. This is
precisely the idea which animates
Berkeley Square," now running on
Broadway.
I'm the domain of physical SCI
ence, one must never attempt to dis
tinguish between the past and fu-
ture,' says DR.. Lewis.
In other words, a man may have
a headache on Friday morning be-
cause he is going to drink a lot Of
synthetic gin on the preceding
Thursday. Or cricket matches were
won on the playing fields of Elton,
because Of the fact that many of
the boyish participants had fought
Waterloo to a successful conclusion
at the age of 40.
It's all little confusing, but new
erthelesS it seems sound to me. Lets
simply apply it, for instance, to the
case Of Senator Tom Hedin.
One may state the evolutionary
process like this: Out of the great
primeval slime they crawled upon
a beach some sort of gigantic lizard,
At that moment there began the
long march whereby the new am
phibian eventually would develop
into a senator from Alabama.
And here's the other point of view ::
Senator Hehin made speech in the
senate on the pope and White House,
whereupon big lizard of 5000 900
years ago said, oh, what's the use, +"
and crawled right back into the
primeval slime again.
The second theory sounds more
convincing to me.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24
A Laugh for NAPOLEON

A N Austrian Archduke, a British
"A adventurer, and a lady sup
posed by some to be an Egyptian
princess have run afouI of Amer
lean law in connection with the sale
of a necklace which Napoleon
Bonaparte gave to his second wife
on the birth of their son.
That is an incident which would
tickle the Little Corsican's sardonic
sense of hUmor.
He was peculiarly fond Of pre-
dieting the future, especially as it
involves upsetS.
When he signed the treaty con-
veying the great Louisiana tract to
this country, he remarked that he
had done something which one day
would humble the pride of Great
Britain.
He also said that Russia would
become Cossack, or Republican,
within 100 years.
But it is doubtful If his fertile
imagination was capable of conceiv-
ing the entertainment he was pro-
viding for Yankeeland when he
celebrated the advent of a long
wanted heir by giving its mother an
expensive geegaW.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24
Parker Politics

II Judge Parker isn't careful, he is going down in
history with the Hon. Claudius Huston as the jnX
Of the Republican party in the 1880 elections
Many G. o. P senators, who were inclined to
agree with the White House that the anti-labor and
anti-racial records of this supreme court aspirant
we're "extraneous matters" don't find the political
kickback a bit extraneouS.
They have decided that the power lobby
posture Of their national chairman Huston is enough
load for Republicans to carry into the fall election.
without having to explain to the voters highly ques
tionable supreme court appointment.
A recent letter from Chairman voorhees, of the
Missouri state Republican committee completed
their gloom. I'm my judgment the confirmation of
Judge Parker to the United States supreme court
means that the Republican party might just as well
say goodbye to Missouri for the next two or three
elections at least" Voorhees, reported.
To which many senator's respond: Yes, and the
worst Of it Is that he might have been speaking for
lot OF other border states, not to mention Ohio. In
tiana and Illinois"
Having failed to induce the President to with
draw the Parker nomination some Of these senators
are trying tc think up bright way to sidetrack
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24

Editor Times-I have been reading
numerous letters in your valued
paper questioning the right Of mar
ried women to work and earn an
honest living and I must say that
Use regusted!"
AS 1 understand it, these fanatics
would like to have some sort OF
legislation prohibiting a woman go
ing out and helping her husband
buy some of the comforts Of life.
Doesn't that sound great for coun-
try that boasts Of freedom? Why,
chat is worse than the old prohibit
ton gag.
The average wage paid the work
ing man today will not exceed $40
or S25 q week. He can not
pay for the bare necessities OF life
for a family with that and would
not dare think of buying such a
luxury as a home to live in when he
is old. And let us not forget he is
regarded by the average employer
of today as old at the age OF 30.
Believe me, there is something
wrong with a country that finds it
necessary to prohibit woman from
going out and helping her husband
make a decent living and that you
can check and double check. If the
politicians would pass some legisla-
ton prohibiting this country from
being used as a dumping ground
for undesirables from foreign coun-
tries. there would be employment
enough for all of us and, incidental
", our wages might be sufficient to
support our families and buy them
a home without our wives having to
work.
Thousands Of women and chill
dren are going hungry and cold;
World war veterans are searching
vainly for employment and the
United States is d-handing every
tramp that the European countries
or Mexico wants to unload and the
Mesdames Collins and SchmidtS are
raving for a law prohibiting Ameri-
can women going out and making
an honest living. Haven't we got
brains? And how!
However, Mrs. Schmidt gives us a
fair idea of her depth when she in
forms us the majority of husbands
are rolling around in luxury and
Iimousines on their wives salary.
! happened to see the pay checks of
one of our many dependable chain
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

Usually mumps is a fairly light
condition, but there are cases in
which the other glands in the body
may be infected, and because Of this
possibility it is customary to keep
the infected person in bed, at least
during the acute phase Of the at
tack.
The person with mumps should lie
quietly and be kept alone until all
swelling disappears.
1t is customary to isolate chill
dren who are Ill with mumps for
fourteen days, to prevent them Civ
ing the disease to other children
who may not have had it.
There are many unusual super
stitions about mumps having to do
with the fact that the person with
the disease can not enjoy sour
pickles or persimmons, but it is
doubtful that a person in a severe
stage can enjoy any food very much.
1t is too hard to swallow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24
Mumps Can Be Very Painful

Seldom does the fever in mumps
rise above 1O1 degrees; occasionally
it will go little higher.
Seldom does it cause severe sick
ness, but there are cases in which
the swelling and the fever have
been so great that the person could
not swallow, had severe headache,
and even delirium.
Any infectious disease may be
followed by serious complications,
particularly of the kidneys, unless
the person is given the best pos
sibIe opportunity to recover thor
oughly with complete rest in bed.
If there is much pain or swelling
in the glands, the application OF heat
or cold usually produces relief.
Tt is not necessary to fumigate or
disinfect room after the patient
has had mumps. Airing, sunlight
and soap and water cleaning usual
" serve the purpose of disinfection
quite satisfactorily.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24
Moon

AN eclipse of the sun is more
L n complicated in many ways
than an eclipse Of the moon.
An eclipse Of the moon, such as
occurred shortly after midnight Of
April 12-in the early hours of April
Isis caused by the moon entering
the earth's shadow.
The earth's shadow is quite large
when compared to the moon. The
moon has a diameter of 2,163 miles.
The earth has diameter of almost
5000 miles.
The earth's shadow has an aver
age length Of $50 900 miles, AT the
point where this shadow crosses he
orbit of the moon, the diameter of
the shadow is $500 miles, about two
and two-thirds times the diameter
of the moon. Since the earth is a
sphere, its shadow is a great cone.
Because the earth's shadow is so
much greater in size than the moon,
an eclipse of the moon is visible
from any point in one hemisphere
of the earth If the eclipse is total,
it is visible as such from the entire
hemisphere.
But during an eclipse of the sun
the situation is quite different.
The moon, being smaller than the
earth, casts a very much smaller
shadow. The average length of the
shadow of the moon is 232, 100 miles.
This is less than the average dis
lance of the moon from the earth
100000 miles.
If the moon never were closer to
the earth than its average distance,
there never could be a total eclipse
of the sun at all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24

1T so happens, however, that the
4 the moons orbit is a flattened
circle or eclipse. AS a result, the
moon is often closer to the earth
than it's average distance.
There are variations also in the
length of the moons shadow. II 1t
so happens that an eclipse occurs
when the moons shadow is its long
est and the moons distance from
the earth is least, the moons
shadow will then reach 1880 miles
beyond the earth's surface.
In this case, the shadow cone will
have a diameter of 1877 miles at the
point where it touches the earths
surface.
AS the moon moves across the
sun, the shadow will describe a
track on the earth"s surface, which
will be 167 miles wide.
Every one within this track will
see a total eclipse of the sun. The
figure of 1877 miles is a maximum
value for the eclipse track. Usually
it is less.
If an eclipse occurs when the
moons shadow fails to touch the
earth, the eclipse is not total,
ring Of sun remaining in view all
around the disc of the moon at what
otherwise would be the moment Of
totally. Such an eclipse is known
as an annular eclipse.
The eclipse on April % is the sort
known as central eclipse. The
moons distance huctuates slightly.
SO that the eclipse begins as an
annular one, changes to a total
one, and then finishes as an an
nular one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24
>%Z[EfN%&S
H7d0ATF Is FL 4Ie~I
ANNIVERSARY
.t21;90
FIRST U. S. NEWSPAPER

April "a
ON April "a, 1704, the Boston
~ News Letter, the first perma-
nent newspaper published in the
United States. first was issued at
Boston. The paper was established
and published by John Campbell, a
Scotchman, who was a bookseller
and postmaster in Boston.
The entire contents of the first
issue consisted of a report of the
queens speech to both houses of
parliament, a few articles of local
interest, four short paragraphs OF
marine intelligence from New York
Philadelphia and New London, and
a single advertisement from the
publisher himself.
In 1719 the News Letter met with
bitter rival in the Boston Ga
zette, but with its name changed to
the Massachusetts, Gazette and
Boston News Letter 1t grew to be
the chief organ of British rule down
to the evacuation of Boston.
The New Boston Gazette. started
in IT'S, had a different policy than
its predecessor and became the voice
Of tilE people against England.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24
1t Cleans Things Up

CPEAKING Of more serious things,
~ it is doubtful if Napoleon's fer
tile imagination was capable of con-
ceiving anything like the world bank
just organized in a little Swiss town,
with q New Yorker as president.
Much as the result of the late
war might accord with his idea of
the fitness of things, especially in
the form of German reparations to
France, he hardly would find such an
institution compatible with his no.
tions of making peace.
Napoleon never would have
stopped until he had reached Ber-
lin, and would have been satisfied
only with such tribute as he could
collect on the spot.
To our sophisticated minds, such
method seems overly brutal, but it
has the advantage of cleaning
things up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24
SCIENCE
RY DAVID DEFY :
Eclipse of the SIN Is Due
April rs; Track WI Be
Unusually NarTp1o One.

CITIZENS of the United States
~ will be treated to the rather
rare spectacle of an eclipse Of the
sun on April %. The eclipse will
be total one only for those citizens
who are fortunate enough to be
within the track of the eclipse.
This track is unusually narrow for
the coming eclipse-less than mile
wide It extends from a point on
the Pacific coast north of San
Francisco to Twin Bridges, a town
thirty-fiye miles south of Butte,
Mont.
The percentage of eclipse to be
seen at other localities depends
upon how far they are from the
eclipse track.
In San Francisco the eclipse will
be a SO per cent one. The same
thing will be true for other places
as close to the track as is San
Francisco.
At Cleveland, the eclipse VIII be
So per cent. 1t will be approx
mately the same for the rest of the
state of Ohio. New York City will
see a 81 per cent eclipse.
Those within the actual eciirse
track will, of course, get the best
show. This is because the suns
corona, the great silvery halo
around the sun, becomes visible only
at the moment of totally.
At other localities, however, it will
be extremely interesting to watch
the edge of the sun disappear as
the disc of the moon slowly creeps
across its face.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24
More and More Bunk

0NE can look forward to dis
" cussion of the peace treaty
with absolute assurance of hearing
all about prohibition, obscene books,
Communist propaganda, Edison's
rubber experiments, Muscle Shoals,
and the way each political party has
saved the country on occasion.
When it is all over, one could
take the Congressional Record and
read everything that will be said
in next falls campaign. which is
the main reason for its being said.
But We must not expect too much
information with regard to the
treaty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24
IT SEEMS TO ME By HR RTH93S

tening. AS I remember, he listened
continuously to radio broadcasting
for $50 hours.
I've always been interested in en-
durance stunts. We we're talking in
this column the other day about the
man who could balance 10 eggs on
end in half an hour.
BY now the thing grows a little
misty. Maybe it was more eggs and
less time. I'm still waiting to hear
more about that mans home life.
Does his wife love him and why?
And his little boy Robert, in
SCHOOL, wonder how he feels when
the other kids ask, what does your
father do?" And he is compelled
to reply, ooh, papa's an egg bal
ANGER"
Copyright. 1880. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24

The Time Has Passed When
People Can Be Forced Into
Religion by Arbitrary
Methods.
SAYS:

TINE prison tragedy at Columbus
l. in which more than 300 con-
victs lost their lives and more than
200 we're injured, takes on an even
grinmer aspect when it is learned
that not a single cent in damages
can be collected from the state.
What a contrast to the way the
state makes other people pay up?
If this had been a railroad dis
aster, the courts would be flooded
with suits, and every one Of them
would be based on laws enacted by
the state.
The average man finds it hard to
understand why the government
should prescribe a form of justice
for its citizens that it is unwilling
to practice.
The Rev. DR.. w. Russell Bowie of
Grace church, New York, will not
marry couples after May l until they
have promised to become associated
for worship and fellowship with
some Christian church in the COM
munity where they are to reside.
Satisfying as such policy may be
to DR.. Bowie's conscience, what
good will it do?
Even if every Christian minister
in the country were to adopt it,
what would be the result, except
more weddings by justices of the
peace.
The time has passed when people
can be forced into religion by such
arbitrary methods.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24
Times Readers Voice Viez0S

stores" not long ago and these little
wives salaries, that are keeping
husbands fairly lolling in luxury,
ranged all the way for Sc to S12 a
week. A. w. H.
Editor Times-I hope some one
has the courage to write you in re-
gard to the zeller killing. If this
shooting is allowed to be squashed
according to the Hartzell law, passed
by the last legislature, it seems that
our proud state has some very lax
laws. A law-abiding citizen would
not be safe on the streets. This is
a plea for justice.
r. r. G.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24
Self-Defense

MAYBE the fault isn't just with
4VA the speakers. The people who
listen could be better. They're too
polite. If they should say, every
now and then, "Is that SOP" or
make him sit down" or just plain
"boo boo," that might liven things
up a lot.
Possibly I'm making mistake IN
discouraging the art Of listening. 1
read in the papers a few weeks back
that man got a prize just for lis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24
Chance for Z Patriots

TTAVING given birth to a tariff
L 4 bill after year or so of
laborious wind jamming, the senate
wonders whether it could not get
the naval treaty out of the way
during the present session.
Not that any good reason exists
why it can't, but that the senate
feels compelled to spend about so
much time over any issue for the
benefit of the folks back home, es-
pecially when an election is ap-
preaching.
Since it deals with foreign af-
fairs, the naval treaty offers a
singularly fine chance for patriots
or peacers to strut their stuff.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24

ideals and opinions expressed
IN this column are those Of
one OF Americas most inter-
esting writers and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude OF
this paDer.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24
BY DR. MORRIS FTSHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.


NEUMPS is condition which af-
1V1 fects particularly the glands
that produce saliva, and of these
more particularly the parotid
glands, which are in the cheeks in
the front of the lower part of the
ear.
In mumps, the other salivary
glands, those just under the jaw and
just under the tongue, also may be
affected, but not so frequently.
Usually both sides of the face are
involved and usually also the per-
son who has mumps has been in
contact recently with some one who
has the disease.
The organism that causes mumps
evidently is spread from one person
to another by material from the
mouth and nose.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24

Now that the senate has passed bill authorizing
reimbursement of s764143 spent by New York City
on troops sent to defend Washington in the Civil war
you may expect England to the city of Boston for
tea dumped into the harbor after celebrated party
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24

There's no such thing complete silence" de-
clares scientist Then we should like to know what
it is that follows the request of loan from Scotch
man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-24

to prove that he's a good fellow and
one Of the gang. SO he tells some
thing about the travelling salesman
and the country hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05

william waldorf Astor. Many Of the
friends Of this third Marshall Field see
him getting INTO politics or business IN
Britain and becoming peer OF the
realm. But he has known very little
Of life on this side Of the Atlantic. His
mother, the widow of the pioneer Mar
shall Fields eldest son and principal
heir, went to live in England and there
married Mr. Maldwin Drummond. Her
death occurred somewhat tragically dur
ing the World War. Young Marshall
was educated entirely at Elton and Cam
bridge. His sister Gwendolin, after
her mothers death, became an inmate
of her aunt's home, the former Ethel
Field married to Admiral Lord Beatty.
This handsome daughter of Chicago was
presented at court. had reign of social
prominence and was recently married to
Capt. Charles Edmonstone of the 9th
Lancers, son and heir of Sir Archibald
Edmonstone of the rich and ancient
barony of that name in Scotland. Mrs,
Edmonstone has never returned to her