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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
Depressions Past and Present

There is much debs.e relative to the volume and
intensity of the present business slump Some repre-
sent it as but slight temporary furry Others pro-
nounce it the worst depression in generation. The
question is important that mare con-
troversy What to do depends to large degree upon
what actually exists the problem to be attacked.
In Facts and Workers issued by the labor bureau
for May the depression is compared with the decline
Of business in 1s20-21 1924 and 1927 The most i'm
porant index used is that of general industrial pro-
ducton compared by the federal reserve board.
In the 1920-21 depression general production fell
of SO per cent In 1924 it dropped 81 per cent In 1927
it lowered 10 per cent In the present situation
the declined is about equal to that in 1924 namely Il
pei cent
Other indices are examined to check on this Judg-
ing from the award of building contracts its seems that
the volume of building fell of in the present de-
preston than in any of the three earlier ones On
the other hand wholesale prices have dropped less
this time than in 1S20-21 or 1924.
The accumulation of unsold commodities was
about the in 192O21 and 1924 as at present De-
parment store sales have fallen of about as much as
in l92o-21, but much more than in 1924 Factory pay
rolls have declined less this time than in either 1920
81 or 1924 Unemployment may have increased less
in this depression than in either 1920-21 or in 1924
We do not have complete figures
On the whole, then, authors OF this investigation
conclude that the present depression is less serious
than that of 192021 serious that of 1924 and far
more serious than that of 1927
TO sum up then, in 70 aspect in this present de-
preston that of 192021 except possibly
nthe actual physical volume of building and depart
ment store trade, and in the amount of unemploy-
ment, concerning which we do not have complete
figures The depression has, however, been as great
as that Of 1923-24 in number of other respects It
is geater than that of 1927 in every respect.
One difference, however, should be noted-the drop
was much faster this time than at any of the others
1t occurred in from three to five or six months That
undoubtedly made the shock more severe
I'VE are assuming, in saying this, that the bottom
already has been reached and that we are on the up
grade or at least that things will get no worse If
this assumption is mistaken then the present depres
sion may take as long to reach bottom as the previous
ones, and it also may be severe in the size of
the fall"
Such substantial Investigations as these should 90
far to curb reckless generalizations about our pres
ent problems. They show us what we have to deal
with, even if they do suggest specific remedies
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
SCIENCE
Carbon and Oxygen, Hereto
fore Thought of as Simple
Substances, Really Are
Compiler.
Co-oPERATIoN between a group
BY DAVID DIETZ :

COOPERATION between group
~ of astronomers at the Mt.
Wilson observatory and a group of
mathematicians at the University of
California has resulted in one Of
the most notable achievements in
the realm of the structure OF matter.
The discovery is of the utmost i'm
portance in the fields Of physics and
chemistry. It is that carbon and
oxygen, heretofore thought of as
simple substances, really are complex
substances, a mixture of several sub
stances which all show the same
chemical properties.
Stated technically, their discov-
cry Is that oxygen and carbon are
both isotopes.
TO understand the Importance OF
this, we must made a brief excur-
sio into the field of atomic theory
According to the atomic theory.
each chemical element is composed
of a different sort of atom. Hydro
gen is composed of hydrogen atoms,
helium of helium atoms. and so on.
According to the electron theory,
atoms are composed of electrons.
The simplest atom is hydrogen, with
nucleus Of one positive electron
around which one negative electron
revolves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
Too Near Perfection

young man who is just learning new sport,
new art or new profession is generally advised
to watch the leaders in that line and see how they
do things. Ordinarily that's good advice but it oc-
ours to us that in golf there are times when it
doesn't work
Take for instance, Bobby Jones. In the recent
British tournament, Bobby teed off on 43o-yard
hole with Soo-yard drive that landed PUNK in a
deep SAND trap Then, unf1ustered he proceeded to
SOCK the ball out OF the sand drive it to the green
100 yards away-and watch it tricke into the CUP.
Despite the fact that his drive landed him in trap.
he had made par four hole in two strokes!
The novice instead of learning anything from a
performance like that, is apt to be just plain dis
mayed. Such stunt looks so superhuman that the
beginner might well think there was no use even to
try to copy the great Bobby.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
Will You Be One?

The report automobile accidents for the last
year is out at last, and its figures are extremely
depressing No fewer than $1,000 people were killed
in this country by automobiles and more than
100000 more were injured. This represents an in
crease of 10 per cent over the preceding year.
The dreadful significance of those figures is hard
to assimilate until you study them bit. For ex-
ample, during the next hour there will be three
Americans killed by automobiles, and lis more will
be hrt-many of them crippled for life.
Who will those doomed people be-those who are
to die be crippled within the sixty minutes?
Well one of them may be yourself. Or it may be
that your car will be the instrument that strikes
one of them down
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
Dust for. Centuries

TTR of the ChaIdees has been aust
~ for 1000 years. Before that,
it was great and dominant GEN.
ter for even a longer period.
One wonders whether the great
and dominant centers of today will
experience a similar fate.
1t is possible, of course, but bar
ring a total collapse Of civilizs Ton,
posterity will not have to use The
pick and spade to determine what
they were like.
We excavate the ruins Of Ur and
other ancient cities because that is
the only way We can get accurt lie
information about the people w.ao
occupied them. Twenty-Five hun
bred years ago, or even at a much
later date, men knew no way Of
making anything like a complete
record of their activities.
Whatever else may be said Of
modern civilization, it has learned
how to overcome that difficulty.
If London, Chicago or Melbourne
were to become dust, the children
of 5000 A. D. could get a vivid pic
ture of what they were like through
movie films and photograph rec
ordS, as well as books.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
Doctors Correct Puzzling Foot Pains

The ballet dancer has foot like a
hand for the simple reason that the
muscles and ligaments are trained
and developed so fully that she is
able to create and maintain arches
with the foot exactly as the average
person does with the hands.
The average person with painful
foot has had his foot confined in
boots, his muscles and ligamentS are
ont developed, and the pain results
from stretching of the contracted
ligamentS and muscles.
When physician is called on to
train such painful feet he devotes
his attention particularly to restor-
ing the foot to its normal suppleness
and to training the muscles so that
they will take care of the demands
upon them.
Suitable exercises, such as lifting
pencil with the toes, standing on
the toes, walking on the toes and
heels alternately, are simple and aid
greatly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
How WeXDONu
|NnOw6WRhR?
FIVE QUESTIONS A nGN
ON FAMILIAR PASSAGES


l. Complete these pairs; Adam
and :; David and -; Mary
and :; Ruth and :; Aquila
and
2. Where does the Bible refer to
little cloud like mans hand?
8. To whom did Jesus apply the
term that fox?"
4. What son of David rebelled
against him?
5. In what parable is the phrase,
- great gulf fixed?"
Answers to Yesterdays Queries.
l. Shem, Ham and Japheth;
Genesis GIG.
2. Gold, frankincense, and myrrh;
Matthew oil.
3. Deities, male and female, wor-
shipped by the heather tribes of
Canaan: Judges 2:13.
4. Mary'S hymn of praise when
she visited Elisabeth, beginning
"Magnificat" (My soul doth mag
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
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wHITMAN's BIRTH


0N May 81, 1919. Walt Whitman,
" American poet, was born at
Westhills, L. I.
Following his education in the
public schools of Brooklyn and New
York, Whitman learned the printing
trade, taught school and wrote for
newspapers and magazines. At the
age of 20 he became editor and pub
Usher Of weekly on Long Island,
but when it failed, he decided to
travel on foot.
Returning from his wandering5,
which took him into Canada,
Whitman tr4sd his hand al car
penSry, building and selling work.
ingmen's houses.
This occupation gave him the ma
terial that made up the first collec-
ton of his famous Leaves OF
Grass" The book amused rather
than interested at first. but 1t re-
NAMED for Emerson to give 1t its
proper estimation.
The remainder Of Whitman's lie
was given to the elaboration OF this
book.
Although Whitman's poetry
elorified democracy and the aver
age man, it failed to become popu-
lar, mainly because it defled literary
and other conventions.
Whitman long has been recog-
nized. however. by European and
other critics. as one Of the OUT
standing figures IN American Iitera-
tifre.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
Readers of The Times Voice Ve7Cs

the courts are in politics, and the
people have the right, publicly, to
discuss merits and dement's of
judicial candidates as well as those
for other offices. So desire to do
so in reference to Judge Willoughby.
He has been on the supreme court
bench for twelve years. In 1924 he
was elected on the first count by one
vote. Then on the corrected re-
turns he was defeated by several
hundred votes.
AT the same time Coolidge carried
Indiana by more than 100000, and
the Republican state ticket was
elected by around 10000 plurality.
This is an "off year" There is
no presidential kite to ride on.
Voters are dissatisfied and party
ties never hung as loosely. The SUI
preme court is two years behind on
the docket. People are crying out
for relief.
The records show that during the
last few years the cases disposed of
by each supreme court judge was
nineteen year. This costs the
state more than $500 for each case
for salaries alone. The judges get
$4,000 year.
Judge Willoughby belongs to a
trio that has rendered several
decisions on three to two basis.
Their decision of the question of
search and seizure" has been con-
demned by the supreme court of the
United States. Judge Willoughby is
a wet, as well as his campaign
manager, Arthur Gilliom. They have
right to be wet" but when public
officials like Willoughby and Gill
liom carry out their bitter personal
prejudices in their public acts, it is
time to call a halt.
Further, it is reported that Judge
Willoughby plainly has stated that
If he is nominated he will wage
an active campaign against the
Anti-Saloon League. This is a chaI-
lenge to the dry" vote Of the state
and the "drys' are in the majority.
Prohibition is legislative question
and not q judicial one. It should
not figure in the nomination of
judges.
But the most serious objection to
Judge Willoughby was his vote with
the wet trio" in the Shumaker
contempt case. That decision strikes
at the fundamental principle Of a
free people and was violation of
the Constitution which guarantees
the freedom of speech and the
press"
The press and patriotic people
should not stand for that decision
that deprives them Of the liberties
of free government.
Lastly, can the Republican party
afford to put such a man on the
ticket? It will have a hard fight
this year and should not be bur-
dened by weak candidates. If
Judges Mcdonald and Coulter, OPP
ponents of Willoughby. do not
measure up to the high require
ments of the Office, let the dele
gates pick strong man like Judge
Montgomery of Seymour, ex-su-
preme court judge. able. impartial,
honest. WILL H. CRAIG.
Noblesville, Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

the removal of the corn, bunion or
wart, or the correction of the ham
mer-toe will relieve the trouble.
The vast majority Of people who
have painful feet complain of pain
somewhere along the inner border
Of the foot and are themselves I'M
able to find out that anything is
wrong with the foot.
Tender spots may be present, but
it requires scientific study to de-
ternine why.
In many instances completely fiat
feet are quite painless. The waiter
or porter who shuffles about on fiat
feet probably suffered with pain at
some time in his career, but that
period has passed and his feet have
adjusted themselves to new condi-
tionS.
DR.. Eric I. Lloyd points out that
babies, anthropoid apes, savages and
ballet dancers have feet which not
infrequently are as fiat as the hand
and which are painless.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN,
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

OF all of the discomforts to the
" human structure, none is SO
completely disturbing and fatiguing
as painful feet.
The department store worker,
the travelling salesman, the po-
liceman, or motorman, who develops
agony after a few hours of standing,
rapidly becomes tired, and is there
by at the same time inefficient
Numerous accidents, no doubt, re-
suit from the fact that it is not
possible for the person concerned to
keep his mind on anything but the
pains and aches which infest his
pedal eXtremities.
The obvious causes of painful feet
are such distortions and growths as
hammer toes, corns, bunions. warts
and similar SwellingS. In these cases
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
History viii Endure

THINK what it would mean to
Il us if we could throw q picture
of Nebuchadnezzar on the screen,
or hear him talk out of a loud
speaker.
Except for such a cataclysm as
would obliterate human knowledge,
people 5000 years hence will be
doing that very thing with regard
to us and our leaders.
They will not be obliged to depend
on lists of names, monotonous
chronologies, and fragmentary in
scriptions for an understanding Of
the past, but will be able to see and d,
hear an ancient world carrying on
it's various activities.
To us, the ancient world is some
thing of a mystery we can get
glimpses of only here and there.
Comparatively little was known Of
this city of Ur and less still of this
man Nebuchadnezzar until science
went to work with pick and spade.
Untold generations grew up with
the idea that Nebuchadnezzar was
rather weak and wicked monarch
whom the prophets of Israel found
it easy to outwit and humiliate.
His strange dreams, as interpreted
by Daniel; his CONSERVATION at see
ing Shadrach, Mesach and Abednego
walk unscathed from the fiery fur
mace, and his seven years affliction
at the hands of Jehovah became
familiar household yarns, but Nebu-
chadnezzar, the skillful general. the
builder, the monarch who tried to
improve the lot Of his people, was
unknown until the modern world
began to unearth brick stamped
with his monogram and clay tab
lets containing records of his
achievements.
QUITTING aside his right to be-
l. remembered as a conqueror,
ACKNOWLEDGMENT did enough as an
engineer to deserve place In his
tory.
First of all, he completed the
double wall around Babylon which
his father had begun. Next he
lined the Euphrates with brick and
mortar, as we'll as the great canal
connecting that river with the
Tigris.
Next he built a conservation
reservoir which is said to have been
l40 miles in circumference and 100
feet deep Next he built the famous
Hanging Gardens for his wife, new
palace, and many temples.
But most of that remained I'M
known until modern science dug
into the ruins Of Babylon, Bor-
sippa, and Ur.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
Noblesville, Ind.
What is the queerest animal In
H. rrnnn.lH9

What is the queerest animal in
the world?
This is somewhat a matter Of
opinion and definition, but DR.. VIII
liam M. Mann, director of the ma
tional geological park at Washing
ION, said: Few Americans ever
have seen the duck-billed platypus
or the echidna, those curious egg
laying Australian animals which
seem like reptiles in the process Of
becoming warm blooded, but unde-
cided whether to become birds or
mammals. They are the greatest
eurlosities in the mammal world,
and would be highly priced exhibits
IN any zoe"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
Discoveries


COON after Soddy's suggestion,
- Professor Thomson of Cam
bridge university invented a
method of analysis which demon
strated that the gas neon consisted
of two kinds of atoms, which were
alike chemically, but which pos
sessed different atomic weights, in
other words, consisted of different
numbers of electrons.
The apparent fractional atomic
weight was the average Of the
weight of the two.
The World war interrupted fur
Their investigation at the time, but
in 1919, Professor Aston, also of
Cambridge, showed that many ele-
ments consisted of more than one
kind of atom and by 1926, Aston
and others had demonstrated that
thirty-one of the ninety-two chem
ical elements were such mixtures.
These mixtures we're given the
name isotopes. 1t was found, for
example, that mercury consisted of
six iSotopeS, while the gas, xenon,
consisted of nine.
Until 1929 it was thought that,
with the exception of heliun1, car
bon and oxygen were the two ele-
mentS most likely to consist of only
one kind of atom.
However, there were certain ir-
regularities in the band spectra of
these elements, which could not be
satisfactorily explained. The spec
trum is the scientific name given to
the rainbow which is formed when
the light from any source is passed
through prism.
A band spectrum is one which
contains many spectrum lines so
close together that they merge into
bands. These bands are due to the
vibration of combinations of atoms
known as molecules.
Harold D. Babcock of the Mt. Will
son observatory and Doctors w. F.
GiaqUa and H. L. johnson of the
University of California, undertook
the study of the band spectra of
oxygen. DR.. Arthur S. king of the
observatory and Professor Raymond
T. Birge of the university, studied
the carbon band Spectra.
The investigations have revealed
that both carbon and oxygen are
isotopes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
M. E. Tracy
Nebuckddnezzdr Stands out
In His True Light as the
Result of Excavations in
Ur of the Chdldees.
SAYS:

CCIENTIFIC sharpS, digging into
- the dust heaps where Ur Of the
Chaldees once stood, have UNI
earthed another temple.
They hail 1t as a great find; first.
because OF its excellent state Of
preservation: and. second. because
1t was built by Nebuchadne5zar.
The old walls remain intact. we
are informed. to a height of not
less than twenty feet. Even their
whitewssheo surface is in good
condition. and now that they have
been rooted in with canvas to keep
out the drift of summer sand
storms, one can enter the structure
with feeling that he is seeing it
in much the same light as did
Babylonian worshipers, $500 years
ago.
Such discoveries do more than
satisfy curiosity.
For one thing, they give us
clearer perspective as to the depth
and breadth of human history.
For another, they warrant the
idea that there are laws which gov
ern the ebp and flow of civilization.
For still another. they suggest
that there is definite connection
between the future and the past.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
Daily Thought

Unto the pure all things are
pure.-Titus lis.
- r.
Purity in person and IN morals Is
true goodness. Hosea Eallou.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
Complex

NTHER atoms are more complex,
~ having nuclei composed of both
positive and negative electrons.
Thus helium has a nucleus of four
positive and two negative electrons,
while two negative electrons revolve
around this nucleus.
Now study has revealed that the
weight of an atom is due to the
positive electrons. The negative
electron is so light by comparison
that its weight can be neglected.
AS result, if we start with hy-.
drogen atom and call it's weight
ore, since it contains one positive
electron, the other atoms ought to
Lave weights which are n1ultiples
of hydrogen. The weight of helium
should be four, and so on.
There should be no fractional
atomic weights, since apparently a
fractional weight would indicate
that an atom contained piece of
positive electron.
But the most careful experiments
revealed the fact that there were
fractional atomic weights, many of
them.
Did this mean that the electron
theory was wrong or that the ex-
PLANTATION could be found elsewhere?
A beginning of the solution of the
puzzle was made in 1910 when Prof.
Soddy, then at McGill university,
revived a suggestion which the late
Sir William Crookes had made
many years earlier.
This was that all the atoms of a
chemical element might not be
necessarily alike, but that chem
ical element might be composed of
a mixture of atoms which behaved
alike chemically, but differed other
wise,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-31
SAB North Arsenal avenue.

Editor Times-With the state
ment of Justice Taft that the
administration of law was dis
grace to the country, and its con-
demnation by bar associations-na-
tional and state-there is no doubt
as to the need of a reform in our
courts.
Why not begin at home in our
state conventions? It can not be
denier that Indiana courts do not
have the confidence and respect of
the people Of the state. Their
opinions are too often technical,
political, prejudiced. and based on
obsolete foolish precedents. Shall
men who have been tried on the
bench and found to be partial and
prejudiced be renominated?
1 favor the appointment Of
Judges, as believe d poor Governor
would select better men that the
people elect. But under our system.