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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30
Science Finds New Mystery

Dr. Robert A. Millkan who surprised the scien-
ti1c world time ago by discovering the existence
of mysterious cosmic rays, now announces that he
believes these rays can be put to work.
Finishing summer devoted to the study Of these
rays, DR.. Millikan says they can be used in new
kind of barometer, so the science of weather fore
casting can be extended.
It is interesting to think that this strange force,
undreamed of a few years ago, shortly will be in
harness as prosaically as any waterfall in mill town;
but much more interesting the attempts of
various scientists to explain just what these cosmc
rays may be.
Dr. Millikan believes that they come from the
tremendous energies expended in the creation Of
matter somewhere in the profound abyss of space.
He also believes that the rays themselves are ether
waves of frequencies a thousand times those of
X-rays.
However, there are other scientists who believe
that the rays come not from the creation Of matter
but from the humiliation of matter probably in the
centers of distant stars. Furthermore, they doubt
that they are ether at all, contending instead
that they are high speed electrons.
All this, of course is quite meaningless to most
of us. 1t is beyond capacity to get more than
glimmering of the nature of these rays. If they
can be put to work in barometers, well and good; we
shall bother our heads no more with them.
However, this conflict of expert opinion is worth
thinking about. For it is quite clear that what has
happened is simply this: Science has stumbled upon
a new mystery and is not in the least clear in its
mind what this mystery may be or what may be
the cause of it. There some deep implications
in that situation.
Until a comparatively recent time, science had
tended to be dogmatic 1t has worn air OF ponderous
assurance, and it has talked largely OF scientific
truths" But in late years this dogmatism and this
assurance have begun to evaporate slightly.
The scientist who a few decades ago was quite
confident that the universe soon would be an open
book is not quite so sure of himself He is quite
often gently disagreeing with his colleagues.
AS a result, this man-is-a-souless- machine talk
already is beginning to sound trifie out OF date
Science in widening its horizon is widening the
horizon for the rest Of Certainty is not quite
so easily come by There still is room for specula-
ton and for wonder.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-
Astronomical Society Off
cjalIy Declares That Pluto
Is q Planet.

DLUTO is a planet. An official
l. seal of approval is placed upon
il by the Astronomical Society OF
the Pacific with the publication by
the society of an opinion of DR.,
Frederick c. Leonard Of the Univer-
sity of California.
On March 10, 1880, The astrono-
mers of the Lowell observatory OF
Flagstaff, Ariz., electrified the world
with their announcement of the dis
covery Of a new planet, the ninth
one in our solar system.
They announced that they had
discovered the Planet x of the late
Professor Percival Lowell, the So
called trans-Neptunian planet, ex-
istence of which Lowell had pre-
dicted.
1t was called trans Neptunian be-
cause it was more distant from the
sun than Neptune, which until the
discovery of Planet x was the most
distant planet from the sun. Later,
the name of Planet x was changed
to Pluto.
But soon an argument began to
rage around the nature of Pluto.
Certain astronomers said that it
was not the trans-Neptunian planet
predicted by Lowell.
Others said that it was not a
planet at all, but one of a group of
small objects yet to be discovered.
like the tiny asteroids which exist
between Mars and Jupiter.
Still other astronomers insisted
that it was nothing but an unusual
ly large. comet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30
Orbit of Pluto

MOST of these opinions that
N1 Pluto was not the trans-Nep-
tunian planet of Lowell were based
upon the fact that early observa-
tons gave the planet a most I'M
usual orbit, an orbit far more like
that Of comet than that of a
planet.
Throughout the summers discus
sion, however, DR.. v. M. Slipher
director of the Flagstaff observatory
commended that Pluto was the Lowell
planet.
DR.. Leonard, who now confirms
DR.. Slipher's position, bases his pro-
nouncement upon more recent cal
culations of the planets orbit. While
these show that the planets orbit
is rather unusual, they nevertheless
show that it is distinctly planetary
in character.
Pluto revolves around the sun in
a West-to-east or counter clockWiSe
direction, just as do all the other
planets.
However, while all the orbits of
the other planets lie in approximate
ly one plane, the orbit of Pluto is
tilted to make an angle of about II
degrees with this plane.
furthermore, the orbit of Pluto is
considerable more f1attened or clip
teal than any of the other planets.
AS result, when the planet is
closest to the sun, it is just little
closer to the sun than is Neptune
But at its furthest point from the
sun, it is much farther from the sun
than is Neptune.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30
A Blot On the COUNTY

Every consideration of humanity de-
mands that immediate action be taken to re-
lieve the deplorable situation at the Marion
county infrmary.
A Times survey Monday revealed that
more than $50 men, most of them aged,
weary, broken in spirit, nearing the end OF
life's road are jammed into quarters de-
signed to accommodate not more than 200
inmates.
They sleep on straw pallets, on cold floors,
in corridors, packed three in small room, IN
surroundings where sanitation is only
mockery. In one narrow hallway, with no
ventilation, four beds were found damned
end to end
Superintendent Carter admits that he be-
lieves it against the law to allow many OF the
conditions which exist, but he declares that
he can provide no relief from an empty purse
Disagreement is reported between county
commissioners and the county council on pro-
viding funds to relieve these horrible condi-
tions. Commissioners questioned yesterday
bv The Times assert that they favor bond
issue for new buildings, but opposition is re-
ported in the council.
Common humanity calls for action, i'm
mediate action. With winter approaching
and thousands of men out of work, it is GER
tain that conditions viii grow worse steadily.
Summer is low tide for the number of in
mates. Winter usually brings about ninety
transients, who leave with the arrival OF
spring. A greater number is expected within
the next three months.
County councimen and county commits
sioners have a clear duty before them, with
the lives of many feeble, helpless men at
stake.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30
REASON BY Ff HASD1S

WYE see by the papers that the Wickersham crime
w commission has been having conferences with
leading brewers relative to our national salvation
after profound meditation the brewers have de-
cided that to be saved we ought to brew with an
alcoholic content OF 2.75 per cent.
For crime commission to go into conference with
a brewer to consider the public welfare is as II the
department of agriculture should go into executive
session with the borer to consider farm relief,
and if the managers of the wet movement nave any
sense they will keep the brewer out of the picture
For he is the bird who made this country dry!
LIE started at it when he secured control of the
II saloons
Not content with his own profit he started after
the retailers profit also.
He put fellows into the saloon business and they
were allowed to sell no beer but that made by the
fellow who set them up.
The result was more saloons than the public thirst
could support and to break the brewer ordered
the violation of every law, and he became political
power more obnoxious than the slave power before
the Civil war.
The brewer, among other things, engaged in a
billboard campaign which shocked and outraged
America; ne pictured the heroes OF oCr history as
advocating the particular brand of sudS he manu-
featured and this made the people OF the country
see red.
WE recall particularly the Lincoln billboard, the
emanclpalof pelng represented dS d 1aA spAe.Ct
and as we remember Lincoln was made to ascr1be his
physical fitness to the lager manufactured by the
brewer who rented the billboard
Thousands of those bills were torn down by an
indignant public.
Up to date this proposed return of wine and beer
has been dealized Mr.. j. Barleycorn being made over
entirely his face has been lifted and his whole de-
neanor spirituaEzed until he bears a remarkable re-
Sembance to Joan of Arc.
The beer is to come forth gently like the dew and
it is to be delivered the customers by the fairies
1t is a ravishing picture and it may possibly go
if the vets can keep the brewer out Of it, but
if he obtrudes himself. he always has then the re-
turn Of wine and beer viii be postponed indefinitely
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30
Workers in a Great Cause

indianapolis is paid a signal honor today.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover is a visitor in the city.
Not only is she welcomed as the First Lady
of the Land, but in a larger measure as one
of the leaders in a great movement for better
ment of the nations girlhood.
The Girl Scouts of America, whose leaders
are in convention here, has fine record OF
achievement in its field, accomplished In
quiet. transformations way. 1t deserves the
support and encouragement of every good
American, and the city gives whole-hearted
welcome to its representatives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30
IT SEEMS TO ME BY H FES2S

VARIETY, a weekly magazine
v which is said to be expert in
such matters, announces the death
Of Broadway. 'Broadway's Lost
Lure" is the caption placed upon the
obituary.
when anybody leaves home now
for a trip to New York." explains
the magazines jeremiah, cts be-
cause they have to go on business.
There's no pleasure any longer.
1.-THE business is attended to as
quickly as possible and away they
go back home and glad to get there
To a transient now, New York ranks
with Philadelphia
Naturally, I am tin1id about tax
ing issue with any writer on a sheet
which speaks with such authority on
the night life of our metropolis
And yet I feel that we can't be as
bad as all that.
I have seen Broadway die many
times. Once every five years some
body announces that the end has
come and begins to talk with
eloquence of the city that was.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30
ALL Speculation
only is the farmer regarded

MOT only is the farmer regarded
IN as a poor risk, but unless it ID
within fifteen or twenty blocks d
Main street land is regarded as pool
investment in this country.
As long as that frame of mind
prevails, there is no hope Of elevat 8
ing rural life, agriculture, or any
thing else connected with the soil
to its rightful place.
The great weakness of our SOL
called prosperity is the fact that it
ignores land, that its values are
based on anything and everything
except this fundamental determines
ton.
We have come to a point where
we can't think of land save as
speculative proposition.
Another thing, we have come to
point where we can't think Of
land as the foundation Of any en-
terprise outside of city, mining
proposition, an oil field, or a source
of natural gas.
Productivity of the land simply
has ceased to play part in our
economic scheme.
In Canada, they take a. different
view Of 1t.
In Canada, they promote farming
propositions and communities just
as we promote suburban real estate,
and with just as good results.
In Canada, you can buy farm
that is ready to work, on thirty five
years time.
In this country, you can buy
everything but.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30
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ANNIVERSARY
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SHERIDAN'S BIRTH

0E1EnlAkAIN . DIN II
ON Sept. 80, 1751, Richard
~ Brinsley Sheridan, famous
British dramatist and statesman
was born in Dublin, Ireland.
He received his education at
Harrow and later under private tu-
tors. Just as he prepared for the
study of law he fell in love with a
professional singer, one Elizabeth
Linley. He married her in 1773
after fighting duel with an army
officer to win her.
Devoting himself entirely to lit
erature, Sheridan in ITS produced
his great play, 1.-THE Rivals, at Co.
vent Gardens.
A year later, with the aid Of his
father-in-law, he became part own
er of the historic Drury Lane the
alter, for which he wrote THE
School for Scandal" and 1.-THE
Critic" one of the wittiest farces
in the language.
In 1870, through the influence OF
Fox, Sheridan was elected to par
lament and soon became distin-
guished as a speaker on the side
of the opposition.
For his speeches against the
American war the congress of the
United States offered to present him
with 200 600 pounds, but he de-
cined to accept.
Sheridan's fame is made secure
by 1.-The Rivals" and 1.-THE School,
for Scandal which are among the
best comedies in English since the
Elizabethan age.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30
Starving Our Schools

one of the sure-flre parts of the oldrfashioned
grafton was the appeal to the little red schohouse as
the corner stone of our democracy our liberty our Wis
DOM or whatever other virtue the orator was inter-
ested in at the moment That reference got applause
because Americans always have believed in education
for the rank and file. rather than for the fortunate
few.
But in recent years-what with high taxes and one
thing and another-there has been much grumoling
about the high cost of our educational system
Strangely the richer We have grown, the more We
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30


Just how far from the facts we have been in think
ing we were spending too much on education is re-
veaed by the new survey issued by the National Edu
cation Association Taking the year 1929 the last for
which complete figures available, the survey shows
that we are spending public elementary and second
airy schools, colleges and universities, approximately
two and a half billion dollars
That looks large until it is put beside our national
income of which it is only 274 per cent Then it
very inadequate 1t is less than the last congress
appropriated for results of and preparation for
future
nation which spends only one-f1fth as much on
public instruction pleasure automobiles, Or only
as much as it spends tobacco each year, can not
boast of its provision for schools
Despite all talk about our expensive" school
buildings this survey demonstrates that such property
represents less than per cent of the national wealth
Overcrowding is an evil in many cities; buildings
are inadequate and teachers paid poorly The Ma
tional Education Association has proved by its
vey not only that reform is needed but that we can
afford to pay for that reform.
A democracy economies on schools at its peril.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30

as it has been in this quarter of a
century. The restaurants for which
old-tiners mourn do not compare
with couple of dozen which
could name and won't.
And if the lure consists of the
opportunity to see celebrities and
sit elbow to elbow with the great, 1
can testify that in at least a few
of the citadels it is any mans priv
ilege to cape each night at the
notables of stage and screen.
There are restaurants in New
York today where you can not
reach your table without tripping
over a dozen prima donnas.
A place at the bar may be OBJ
tanned only by forward passing
your order over a stone wall of the
country's best known comedians.
Copyright. 1890. by The Timesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30
Tough ON Farmer
WE have talked a great des

WE have talked great deal
wv about farm relief off and on
since 1867, and the more we talk
the worse of the farmer seems
to be.
Possibly, if we quit isolating him
as a peculiar individual, and his
occupation as a peculiar trade, and
treated him more like other people,
the problem would become clearer.
Though we are all ready to admit
that farming is basic industry, we
have denied it the credit and sup
port which many secondary indus
tries have enjoyed, and for this,
our bankers and financiers are
somewhat to blame.
1t is quite true that the farmer
has been given that kind Of credit
which goes with a three months
note or a second mortgage, but he
never has been given that kind
which built railroads, put the auto
mobile business on its feet, or pros
NOTED suburban development. !
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30
Too Much Science

ONE year ago, Republican Lead
" ers, with Borah among thems
were quite sure that everyone, ex-
cept the farmer, was sitting pretty.
and bankers wouldn't even make an
exception of the farmer.
Right now, they are all equally
sure not only Of who spilled the
beans, but at what precise moment.
Three generations ago, our great
grandfathers would have called it a
case of hard luck, frightened up their
belts, and gone to work.
But we are scientific, if you please.
We must have the thing
psychoanalyzed. card catalogued,
and nicely plated with blueprints
and specifications.
In the end. we probably shall fall
back on some good old patent
medicine, just as does Gerald Pr
Nye when he proposes revival of to >
equalization fee for farm relief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30
Even the AncientS

A S long ago as the days Of the
T. \. old Sun the passing Of gaiety
was a more or less regular assign
ment handed out to Frank Ward
OMalley and Ed Hill. The night
life of New York died when Mou-
gums closed. And once again when
the announcement came that Jacks
was no more.
Broadway-the real Broadway
passed with prohibition, we are
told. But it was revived, to ex-
pire all over again when Mayor
Walker introduced the 8 o'clock
closing rule.
I am using Broadway" in its
widest sense. To most Of us it
means rather more than the precise
line of a long and brightly lighted
street. A night club patron is a
Broadway spender. for instance,
even though he losses about his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30

Magazine.
a S great cities are constructed
N for millions and millions OF
people, two sanitary problems be-
come more and more prominent
Cd The provision of safe and suff1-
Gent food; 90 The disposal Of
sewage.
In rural districts it is possible
to pluck vegetables from the gar
den, to milk the COW practically at
the doorstep, to take fruit from
the trees, and even to slaughter
meat for home consumption.
The supply of milk for great
city must come from many miles
distant and it may be necessary
in the course of the attempt to
supply this milk to have the fluid
pass through the hands of many
men.
Obviously, the more the material
is handled, the more likelihood
there is of contamination with bac-
terra or with human excretions. In
the tropics, or in the heat of the
temperate zone, the growth of
germs in food is encouraged and,
in the absence of refrigeration,
almost any food substance may be-
come a hazard.
These are some Of the conditions
which lead to development of milk
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30
War Is Blamed

CENATOR BORAH says that it is
~ all due to the war.
If he is right we can't do much
about it, except to wait on nature.
But if it took the war ten years to
produce such a depression, why
didn't Borah, or some other shrews
observer, see it coming and warn u
The most surprising thing abo
leadership these days, whether
politics, finance, industry, or any
thing else, is the wonderful amount
Of knowledge it can display after
something has happened.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30

money in resort as far east as
Park avenue.
To literalists I will admit that the
street itself has changed in char
acter nightly in the last two or
three years. The picture houses
have made it the playground of re-
spectacle middle-class folk. 1t no
longer is a primrose path for gilded
youth and kalsomined young
women.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30

Are oranges native in the United
States?
1t is one of the oldest cultivated
fruits and its nativity is still in
doubt, but probably it was indigo
nous in the Indo-ChineSe region.
Oranges are now widely distributed
in all warm-temperate and tropical
countries, and in many places they
are wild, and behave like native
plant. In parts Of Florida the or
ange was found wild when perma-
nent settlements were made, but
had probably spread from stock in
troduced by the early Spanish ex-
plorers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30

The Most Surprising Thing
About Leadership These
Days Is the Wonderful
Amount Of Knowledge IT
Can Display After Some
thing Has Happened. 3,
SANS:
EALLs, ontariO. sept.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario. Sept.
IN SO.-Six thousand bankers meet
in Cleveland to discuss the woes and
worries Of their trade.
Among other things. they will at
tempt to see if something can be
done to restore prosperity.
Sir John Arid, head of the Can
adian Bank of Commerce. says hard
work and plenty of it is the one
effective method.
Not pausing to argue the point.
hard work is the one method to
which most of us are opposed, bank
ers included.
The popular demand is for an
easy way out, which accounts for
all the easy explanations of why we
are in.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard TO their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this naper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30

Football players at the University of Washington
are to wear silk pants in their games Now it is clear
to us what the coach meant when he said he had good
material this year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30

Francisco Cambo, SPANS richest man. has lost his
voice. But there is evidence to show hush money
had anything to do with it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30
Daily Thought

Give instruction to a wise man
and he viii be yet wiser; teach
just man, and he will increase in
learning SO.
He gains wisdom in a happy way
who gains it by another'S experience,
-Plautus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30

Night tennis is going over strong in Milwaukee
One reason for its popularity may be that matches
after dark have some bearing love games.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30

mistaken for a flight of birds,
and caused much CONSERVATION in
the town Of Wrexham, five miles
distant.
My drawing was made from an
old print in the illustrated
London News Of Aug. l, 1857.
The Chin Whiskers Of Theodore
Voltz-Theodore Voltz won a
nAIrxI r1nAr III cHnnxunn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-30

Following is the explanation of
Ripley's Believe 1t or Not" which
appeared in Mondays Times:
The Flight of Hay-ThiS phe-
nomenon was observed by the
haymakerS of Denbigshire, Eng
land, on the Afternoon of July Is,
1857. Due to the fact that the
hay travelled in contrary direc-
ton of the wind, it at first was