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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-10
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ANNIVERSARY
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CHARLES LAMBS BIRTH

CHARLES LAMBS BIRTH
Feb. 10
ON Feb. 10, ITS, Charles Lamb,
" famous English eSsayist and
critic, was born in London.
Beset with difficulties from birth,
Lamb made a gallant uphill fight
through life. Declared from uni
versity appointment because of an
impeachment in his speech, Lamb left
school at IA to work as a clerk.
In his 21st year a streak of in
sanity, inherited from his mother,
caused him to be confined in an
asylum for few weeks. An older
sister, who also inherited insanity.
stabbed to death her mother in a
crazy fit.
This tragedy prevented Charles
from marrying Ann Simmons, the
gentle maid" to whom he often
alluded IN his writings.
He spent the rest of his life caring
for his demented sister whom he
refused to place permanently in
confinement.
Lambs Specimens Of English
Dramatic Poets Contemporary With
Shakespeare" definitely established
the author as a critic of rare taste.
for his material was a revelation to
his generation
Suffering from melancholy Lamb
died on Dec. q, 1884, his sister OUT
living him thirteen years.
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II ACH division of the police de-
~ partment Is to have a liter
airy editor it was learned today, 10
assist in the projected police maya
zine"
Although I had seen this item
in the newspaper, the job of driving
downtown through traffic made me
forget it completely. In fact, my
mind was not on the police at all,
until I heard the sharp command
of PatroIman Monahan, Pull over
to the curb!"
''I wasn't doing more than 20, Of
f1cer," said, but he waved my ex-
cuse aside and started fumbling in
his pocket for a slip of paper.
You used to be dramatic critic
once, didn't your" he asked.
I was about to answer, "You can't
hang man for that" but Mona
hans expression was much too
serious to encourage banter.
I'm having some trouble with my
second act" he said. "It's a play
about the police. think I've got
swell title for it. I've called it The
Whalen Wall People don't like
long titles, do they? I was thinking
of calling it The Knees of the Gods,
or a Lapse of Time"
Naturally, 7 tried to fall out of
my seat with laughter, but Mona
han frowned. tits mostly tragic, ,
he explained.
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I'VE times, I asked my idle compan-
ION what it was all about.
That's Cassidy" he said. 1.-THE
poor fellows certainly in a tough
spot He's trying to write a poem
to Whalen, and the only rhyme he
can think of is falling"
With great pride he pointed to
another policeman who was Just
sGimming along with flying pencil
Burke on his last chapter al
ready. It's a novel. Grover at
Jail"
Just then a patrolman entered
and everybody stood up.
What did he do?" I asked.
He got the prize
What prize?"
"At the Communist riot in city
hall He won the award for the
Sock of the Month"
I awoke to find Meadows shaking
ME violently. Here's your orange
juice, and I've laid out your cut
away" he said.
It was all dream.
Copyright. 1880. by The Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-10
SCIENCE
Rv DAUDDIETZ
By DAVID DIETZ
Band SpectrG Study Win Be
Unusually Thorough IN
Coming Year.

IMPORTANT progress in study OF
l. band Spectra is predicted for 1880
by the scientific correspondent Of
The Manchester Guardian Weekly.
This correspondent, an eminent sci.
enlist who prefers to write anony.
mously, regards progress in this
field one of the outstanding &C.
complishmentS of the year 1880.
The layman who intends to keeA
pace with the march of science
would better make the acquaintance
Of band Spectra, as the subject may
figure prominently in the news dur
ing the next eleven months. SO here
goeSl
Every one is familiar with the fact
that a wedge-shaped piece of glass,
known as prism, will split a beam
of light into the colorS of the rain
bow. Nature does thfe same thing
to form the rainbow, using raindropS
in place of a prism.
The scientist uses a piece of ap-
paratuS as the Spectroscope, which
is merely a combination of one or
more prismS with suitable lenses. He
calls the resulting rainbow, a spec
trum. The study of theeS rainbows
is known as spectroscopy pro
nounced with the accent on the ssc-
ond syllable.
SpectroScopy is q fundamental
method of research in astronomy,
physics, chemistry and-since the
basis of much biology is physics and
chemistry-in biology as we'll.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-10
Prohibition Tinkering

The house has approved the transfer of prohibi-
ton enforcement from the treasury department TO
the department justice, recommended by Presi-
dent Hoover The undoubtedly will accept the
house bill with little change since leaders there are
in accord the desirabty Of putting both the de-
lection of violations and their prosecution In the
hands Of single agency.
The action of the house should be gratifying TO
those persons who have contended that genuine
effort to enforce prohibition has not been made in
the decade that we have had it. AttoTney-Gene
Mitchell is pronounced dry. He has exhibited vigor
the administration of the department of justice and
will have only drys administering the laws.
He will have not only the army of prohibition
agents under his direction but the vast resources OF
the department itself And he will have the whole
hearted support of the President.
Secretary Mellon is glad to relinquish the task of
enforcement we suspect He has been constantly the
subject of attack OF the reasons being that he
once was interested in distilIery. Despite large
increases in enforcement personnel the coast guard
and other units. and appointment Of prohibition
ears" Melons department is to retain authority
over industrial alcohol but Mitchell will have what
amounts to a veto power the issuance Of per-
mts for manufacture.
The question of putting into force the Presi-
dents recommendations for unifcation of the border
patrols remains to be acted by congress 1t is to
be hoped there win be a favorable vote
The house judiciary committee has arranged
hearings prohibition. and Senator Wheeler is ask
ing for investigation of prohibition by the upper
chamber. Similar hearings and Investigations in the
last ten years have contributed little Of value.
They served only to show what a matter Of
common knowledge-that prohibition not being
enforced satisfactorily
But if an even more vigorous effort to enforce the
prohibition law is made. and this fails the country
will be in a mood to consider changes that will end
the present situation, which drys at
last willing to admit is intoerabe.
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Hit 1t Again

If, reported Democratic leaders planning
assault upon the indefensiby high duties wool
recently adopted by the senate, they displaying
sound economics and good political strategy.
How is 1t going to help business to enact higher
duties that will force clothing prices to be marked
up all along the line?
How is it going to help the Republican party to
adopt higher tariffs for the benefit of few big sheep
raisers In the west and sixtytwo manufacturers in
the east If the price of wool clothing for 100000
people is to be raised a result?
Under the present tariff, the wool growers have
been the most prosperous of all the agricultural
groups.
The wooden and worsted industries have been suf-
fering from extreme depression but this is not due
to foreign competition Importations of wool fabrics
less than per cent of American production and
largely of grade and kind not produced in the
United States.
Changes in womenS styles, steam-heated houses,
and closed automobiles have hit the wool manufac-
turing industry hard. and higher tariffs can not
1t.
American consumers should not be penalized with
higher prices merely because the wool growers and
manufacturers have got the high tariff habit and are
crying for
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Curtain Rises

DY now he had found the slip and
I'D began to decipher his notes.
There's nothing wrong with the
first act, SO I'll begin with the sec
ond," he said.
II think you'll be able to pick up
the thread as we go along. It's at
the summer home of John K. BereS-
ford, of course. That's where the
people came after the yacht blew
up when the airplane dropped the
bomb and the mysterious message
Maybe it would help you to know
that Mabel was murdered.
well, when the curtain goes UP
Beresford is gambling with Count
KoloE and the dice are loaded. The
count speaks the first line and says
That makes 100000 tisma you
owe me-
eff Clara wins the altitude prize
she will get exactly S45, 000.75, which
will still leave Mr.. Beresford s4,-
1925 short. And, by the off-stage
noises, you can tell that the en-
CINE is beginning to miss. That's
because Jack is putting sand into
the gasoline.
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UNEMPLOYMENT

What is the administration going do about
employment?
Senator La Toilette and others are making serious
charges against the accuracy of the governments
employment figures and the adequacy of its remedial
policy. Such charges deserve reply. which doubt
less will be forthcoming from the administration.
This is not the sort of thing that can be ignored
successfully.
There is disagreement regarding the essential
soundness of the business and credit structure.
But there is wide disagreement concerning the
extent of the temporary depression and the numbers
of unemployed. There equally wide disagreement
as to whether 1.-The corner has been turned"
In such circumstances, the country has right to
look to the federal government for facts and for
guidance. The official of the administration
is that there slight depression early in the win
ter but that the tide changed time in December
and that the Improvement has been rapid to
make conditions almost normal again
Is that true?
Certainly it is not true OF many communities whose
unemployment lines are longer now than in Deem
Der or January. 1t not true Of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor trades. And it is true in New
--k state where labor figures refute the claims of
II sderal government.
n York state employment statistics generally
accepted as the most reliable in the country, and
that states industrial condition usually has been
found 10 re0ecJ COnQltlODS III OJher states.
There also pre- signs of lower wages along with
decreased employment. With weekly earnings
smaller than twelve months ago and household
penses no lower it becomes increasingly difficult to
maintain the accustomed standard of living" accord
ing to statistical findings just issued by the Labor
Bureau Inc.
1t adds that unless the trend of wage changes
downward during each of the last three months is
reversed. I'VE in for a great deal OF trouble"
President Hoover foresaw the dangers OF just
such situation and three months ago called industry
into conference to prevent it. The keystone of the
Hoover program was no wage reductions" He
argued rightly that wage reductions would destroy
the consumers purchasing power and thus prolong
the industrial depression in a vicious circle
Unfortunately not all industry has kept its pledge
TO maintain the wage level If the incomplete figures
are to be believed cuts and layoffs have been
occurrno in many industries and many parts Of The
country. Meanwhile the farmer is hit by fall in
the price of his major crops.
These conditions have not been brought about by
so-caed calamity bowling" On the contrary, they
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-10
Molecules

4 CCORDING to the Bohr theory,
IA each atom consists of central
nucleus surrounded by revolving
electrons. The various spectrum
lines are the result of the move
ment of electronS from one orbit to
another, each line corresponding to
a certain electron jump.
The lines in the spectrum or
spectrum lines as they are called,
therefore are due to the movement
Of electronS within the atoms.
But many spectra, instead of
showing lines of the sort just men
toned, exhibit shaded bands. 1t Is
these which are known as band
Spectra.
Band spectra have been shown to
be caused by the vigration of mole
culeS and the atoms which compose
the molecules.
An analysis of band spectra,
therefore, is expected to throw light
upon the way in which atoms form
molecules just as an analysis OF
line spectra has thrown light upon
the way in which electrons behave
within atoms.
"Band-spectroscopy is becoming
almost a substitute for whole
mbranches of chemistry" say the
scientific correspondent of the Man
chester Guardian "As DR.. r. c.
johnson writes: In one or two dec
AIDES we may hope to have so COM
plete an understanding of band
spectra and molecular structure
that the chief physical properties of
molecules will be directly calcula-
BILE from known constants, and the
nature, direction and conditions of
chemical change may be placed on a
purely mathematical basis"
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TT SEEMS TO ME By HF RFo3}S

the ESthonian deaf mute who fall
from the Zeppelin. Right after the
crash, you hear the police patrol
coming up the drive, and the bat
tleship Oregon steam into Oyster
Bay and begins bombarding the
Communists, who are entrenched
behind the bunker on the third hole.
lover in Pastor Heebles' little
white church, the choir is singing,
The Brewers Big Horses Can't Run
Over Me- and as Countess zita be-
gins to play Taps on the stolen
cornet, the curtain comes down.
I'm 'fraid," I yentured, 1T lacks
incident"
Come along with me-" said Pa
trolman Monahan, angrily. you're
under arrest"
But what's the charger"
interfering with an officer In the
performance of his duty. I'm the
literary editor of the West Forty
seventh Street station"
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Detective

CPECTROSCOPY began wiz. 49,
~ publication of Fraunhofer'S work
in 1914 and 1915. But it was not
until century later when the Bohr
theory of the atom was formulated.
that the real mysteries of spectre
Scopy began to be unraveled.
F'raunhofer showed that when
sunlight was admitted to q spectre
scope through a narrow slit, the re-
sulting spectrum was crossed with
hundreds of black lines Two other
German scientists. Kirchoff and
Bunsen, later showed that these
lines were caused by the chemical
elements in the sun.
They showed that any chemical
element, such as hydrogen or so
dunn or iron, for example, produced
characteristic series of lines when
a little of it was introduced into
gas flame and the resulting light
analysed with Spectroscope.
AS result, the SpectroScope be-
came the great Sherlock Holmes of
the scientific world. BY attaching
a spectroscope to telescope, it was
possible to tell the chemical ele-
ments in a star, even though the
star were trillions of miles away.
Traces of some elements in sub
stance which were too small to be
detected by ordinary chemical
means, could be revealed by spec
troscopic analysis.
But though the spectroscope thus
proved itself to be of immense value,
the mystery of what caused each
chemical element to have its own
distinctive lines in the spectrum re-
NAMED unanswered until the last
two decades.
Then the answer was found in
the new knowledge of atomic Ttruc-
tUre.
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Safest 10 England

DARADOXICAL as it may seem,
L. the safest king of them all and
the SolideSt throne is in democratic
England.
Stain, MuSSolini and even Alex
ander run much more than an even
chance of being tossed into oblivion
ere the House of Windsor falls,
And this is all due to the fact
that England has been steady and
cautious in her progreSSiveness.
Other nations have jumped from
one extreme to another, but gained
little in the long run.
Three times France has turned
from republic to monarchy and
back again in the last 40 years.
No form of government has lasted
long in the western world.
One must go to the Orient to find
enduring systems.
The Japanese monarchy has
changed little, save in outward ap-
pearance, for twenty-six centuries.
Until the revolution of 1911,
China could point to a much longer
period of fixation.
But when one moves over to the
sphere of white civilization. so
called, it is to find very different
tale.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-10
West Doesn't Worry

nR1ENTALS, echooled to regard
~ permanency as a sign of in
telligence, look to see the white
races wear themselves out.
western civilization can not
last" they say.
But that does not worry western
erS one bit.
White races have no desire to see
their civilization last in the sense
of becoming static.
Change, continuous and eternal is,
and always has been their concep-
ton of human fate.
Belief in it is their weakness and
their strength.
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Plot ThiCkenS

ID ERESFORD tries to blackmail
ID Judkins for the $4,999.25 by
threatening to tell the police just
how the arch-duck was poisoned.
But the butler. that's Judkins,
goes insane on account of remorse,
and can't understand a word that's
being said to him. Just before the
police whistle is blown, the audience
hears the sound of an airplane
crashing through the greenhouses. y
Clara didn't make it, then?" l
inquired, eagerly.
'Oh, yes, she did," said Monahan,
somewhat petttshly. Its Fred and
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And Worse

KEONAHAN left me in the back
1V1 room of the station house while
he went to file the complaint with
the desk sergeant.
One man in uniform was sitting
with his hands folded in his lap,
but all the rest were scribbling away
busily. A tall, dark man would
write a few words on a sheet OF
paper, and then tear it up with a
groan.
When this had happened four or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-10

The Safest King of All, Para
doTicdI as 1t May Seem.
Sits on the Throne of Dem
cratic England.
SAYS:
DRIMo DE RIVERA, ousted die

DRIMO DE RIVERA, busted die
l. tator of Spain, plays the cello,
while his successor. Berenguer, oper-
ates a player piano.
That shows progress, according
to American standards.
The fiddle and all its family be-
long to the Victorian era. while
canned music is up-to-date, if our
habits mean anything.
But Berenguer is said to be pol
ished In his manner, while Rivera
is coarse, if not uncouth, which is
contrary TO what one would expect.
The Spaniards are not worrying
themselves over such questions.
What they want to know Is
whether, or how much, the tourist
trade has been hurt by all the tur-
mol.
Six little dictators, where they
were seven three months ago, and
each of them wondering who will
be next.
Stain in Russia, MusSolini in
Italy, PilSudski in Poland, Horthy in
Hungary, Renal in Turkey, Alexan-
der in Yugoslavia, good little dicta-
tors all, though one rules as king,
one as a president, one as premier
and one as merely the head of a
party, while the other two are haze
to identify.
And rubbing shoulders with them
are ten or dozen kings, proving
what war to save the world for
democracy really accomplished.
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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 paper.-The Edifnr-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-10
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEYN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the


Health Magazine.
1T is necessary to remind people
Il again and again during the win
ter months that running the auto
mobile motor in the garage with
the door closed, burning a gas
heater without proper vents in a
small bathroom, and having a leaky
hose connection with Illuminating
gas used for cooking may yield
death due to gas poisoning.
The ingredient which produces
death in such cases is carbon
monoXide.
In handling a person who has
been asphyxiated by carbon monox-
ide gas, every moment is important.
A few minutes of delay may mean
the difference between life and
death.
Send hurry call at once for
medical aiG and for the reSuScitating
squads of fire and police depart
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-10
War on SweatshOps

Some 1000 dressmakers men and women. a1e on
strike in New York crusade against sweatshops.
A large part of the dresses by the women and
girls of the city and those shipped elsewhere still are
made in homes small shops the piecework basis
A jobber, will say, gets contract for 10000
dresses. He farms this contract out to number of
subcontracors who in turn may farm out their share
TO small bosses-"cockroach bosses"-who employ
handfus of workers, often members of their own
families.
These, receiving starvation wages, have no fixed
is finished and then be without work
I'll another contract comes along.
The International Ladies Garment Workers
Union has declared general strike in the industry
establish working conditions and union wages in
these sweat5hopS. If higher dress prices should
suit they would be nothing compared to the terrible
price which the ground-down workers pay In the
sweatshops.
The union wants, among other things, to bring
about creation of commission of representatives of
the union the employers and the public for the control
of the dressmaking trade commission like that
which exists in the cloak industry.
The strike is unique in that it is supported by the
large dress manufacturers who would be pleased to
uproot the cut-throat sweatshop competition and stab
lie the industry union basis The large estab-
hshmentS, employing more than half of those work
ing in the trade, have closed their shops for the
duration of the strike
The strike moreover is blessed by a favorable at
titude of the politicians and the city state gov
ernments.
The difficulty will be to overcome the apathy of
the workers who would be most benefited by the
strikes success The aims of the movement are most
laudabe and the consequences momentous The sweat
shops belong to the middle ages It shames the cvili
zation of 1880.
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Daily Thought

Now the Lord of peace himself
give you peace always by all
means. The Lord be with you
all.-H Thessalonians 1915.
Peace rarely Is denied to the
peaceful. Schiller.
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MIR. Coolidge says that I'm any estimate of .ht
power of the country find the chief asset in spir
itual values" Funny that wasn't brought up at the
naval conference.
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have developed In spite of general and determined
optimism
The program adopted last autumn for Stabilization
of prosperity has not produced results as complete
desired 1t may be necessary for the ADM n
to assume leadership again.
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Some astute research expert discovers that poet
hardly ever athletes. Even though quite a fey
of them are long winded.
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What with the prisons so full of prohibition
offenders, frStcaSs murderer has to be put on tn
waiting list in most states.
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Then there is the psychologist who says that only
fools sure of anything!
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Bald-headed people usually are diplomatic says
doctor. You'll have to admit they're pretty smoot
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Every man has price says magazine writer An
If he isn't bought, frequently he is sold.
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Science is wonderful, but you still can't take E
bath in an automobile
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Sometimes an in-law makes man go to law.