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Standard is a NEW gasoline.
1t is the finest motor fuel Standard Oil Com
pany of California ever has produced without
Ethyl.
Its quality and performance are backed by
this CompanyS So years of refining expert
ence, organization and service.
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the law and bite the hand that
fondles them.
I was taught when young to re-
spect and make better al woman
hood, but it seems to be old-fash-
Toned even in our courts now in
these modern times.
Let's all get together TO change
this method. L. E. MARTIN.
Editor Times-Considerable COM
ment has been encouraged by your
paper regarding the handling of sus-
pected criminals. It is the opinion
Of the writer that any person or per-
sons caught by the police with fire.
arms in their possession should be
subjected to the harsllest investiga-
ton within the law.
They are carrying weapons with
intent to rob OF kill, as the occasion
demands, and their arrest before the
crime is committed is about the
only 'break" our police ever get.
Too many OF these men, after ar
rest, are found to have criminal
records, which in my opinion would
warrant, rigid as 1t may seem, the
abolition Of any parole board.
The Times, If it really wants to
help the police, should ignore such
sob stuff" and get behind the police
by publishing Investigations that
would strike terror into the worth
less bodies Of these gun-toting hood
lun1s. WINNIE z. REED.
325 Congress avenue.
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Why Not Wagner?

We can not understand the Presidents reported
interference with the senate's unemployment insur-
ance committee meeting in New York City Wednes-
day
Senator Wagner of New York, author of the reso-
luton under which the committee is making its
study, was to be chairman That according to
custom and courtesy. That also dictated by Wsg-
ners experience and leadership in unemployment leg
isaton After appointing the committee Vice-Presi-
dent Curtis said he understood Wagner was to be
chairman.
But Wednesday at the organization meeting of the
committee, the two Republican members H 3ert Of
Rhode Island and Glenn of Illinois, announced to
wagner that the President insisted on Hebert being
chairman.
NOW in washington many of both parties are
charging the President with trying to cripple the in
vestigaton and to rob Wagner and the Democrats Of
earned credit and leadership in this legislation.
They cite the Presidents recent veto of the Wsg
ner bill for unemployment exchanges as additional
proof Of Hoover psrtisanship.
We prefer to think that this is not playing politics
with human misery" on Hoovers part, but mistake
In judgment
1t u.s. however a serious mistake. The matter OF
credt-whether it is to go to Democrats or Republic
ans-can be dismissed uninportant But presi-
Dental interference with independent senate COM
mittee is lsurpation.
And the choice of Hebert chairman, who has
no expert knowledge and little sympathy with this
study eopardizes its success.
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Trusts and Trusts

The ways of the federal government with trusts
are devious and strange. For while it will jump on
the packers as voators of the law then it will let up
on the packers 1t will smash the Standard Oil Com
bine only to let individual units grow larger and more
powerful than the original alleged menace. 1t will
smile with special favor the Radio Corporation for
years. and then suddenly pounce upon that corpora
ton.
Now the government itself has induced large oil
companies to agree to limit imports in apparent re-
straint OF trade and violation Of the antitrust law At
the same time it Just has forced the dissolution Of the
Bolt Nut and Rvet Manufacturers Association steel
makers combine, for alleged violation OF the same
antitrust law.
All Of which is too much for the comprehension of
Isymen-not to mention lawyers and corporations.
which find it increasingly difficult to keep up with
government policy,
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SCIENCE
-BY DAVID DEF.

Great Dates of Science Start
With Copsrnicits' Discovery
In 1913.
A FAvCRITE psstime Of histor-
4 = ians is to make q list OF the
great dates in history. the dates Of
the events which led to the world
as We know it today
Since scientists within the last
few years have become conscious
Of the importance Of the history of
science, perhaps a list Of great dates
IN science is in order
These would be the dates which
led up to the present picture Of the
universe as It is seen by modern sci
entists.
OF course. no two historians will
agree completely on every date to
be included IN q short list and the
same disagreement must be expect
ed among scientists
Nevertheless, am going TO pre-
sent my own list. beginning with
1913, the date which usually is re
garded as the dawn Of modern
science. SO here goes:
l543-Copernicus, the Polish
monk, establishes the Copernicsn
theory, stating that the earth Is one
OF a number of planets revolving
around the sun, Vesalius, the Bel
gian surgeon, lays the foundations
OF modern biology with his treatise
on human anatomy.
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Joe Robinson Slips

Joe Robinson for many years has tried to be all
things to all men. That was how he got to be
United States senator from Arkansas, and later Dem
ocratic leader in the senate. That was why he
chosen chairman Of the last national Democratic
convention and running mate for AL Smith
BY keeping to the middle Of the road and head
ing toward compromise, he made few enthusiastic
supporters but virtually no enemies. And TO be with
out enemies Is the greatest asset Of practical poll
ucisn.
Thus Joe managed to be fairly acceptable. both to
conservatives and liberals to north and SOUTH to the
industrial east and the agricultural vest and to drys
and vets.
It was natural that such man should be chosen
from among all Democrats by a Republican President
to represent the minority party on the American dele
cation 10 the London naval conference last year And
it natural that Joe at the beginning Of the last
session Of congress should try to lead the Demo-
Gratis into working program With the Republican
administration,
But no political method is nfallibe. The best and
most sincere of comprehensive do not doubt Joe's
neutrality-suspicious. end by making enemies all
around And that. it seems, is what is beginning to
happen to the senator from Arkansas.
When he came back from London, his spats and
nannerisms offended some of his honespun constitu-
ents. When he made legislative working alliance
with Hoover. he offended some Of his partisan
brethren.
When he broke that Hoover alliance and led the
Democra Progressive coalition in demands for
effective drought and unemployment relief he
offended Wall Street leadership of his party
When he deserted that coalition and that fight and
became Hoover apologist, he offended not only the
Progressives, but most of the Democratic senator's
Smarting under this unaccustomed criticism, he
lost his head at the Washington meeting of the
Democratic national committee two weeks ago. After
vets and drys had agreed to the temporary Raskob
Hull truce, permitting peaceful meeting, Joe
Jumped into an angry speech against the vets, the
eastern industrialists and the Raskob management
That not only made the Raskob crowd hate him,
but made the drys wonder whether Joe lost his
famous ability for keeping cool under fire.
They were talking yesterday of Joe Robinson as
the probable compromise presidential candidate in
1882
Today they are talking of unseating him even as
senate leader.
Of course Joe has many good fight in him yet
His enemies will make mistake If they count him
out prematurely But 1t is significant that he has
enemies and many of them-for the first time
For our part we have nothing against Joe per
sonaly But If the Democratic party in congress ever
is to take the offensive with militant, constructive
program. it will have to follow its fighting leaders
not its compromisers
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Times Readers Voice Their Views

Editor Tin1es-What is the matter
with charges made for electric cur
rent? Within the last six months
our meter was inspected twice, since
which current bills have been in
creased from IS to 100 per cent
over the same period last year, with
same usage of current for light,
etc.
When the matter is presented to
the company, they talk about aver
age consumption, without any
further explanation or relief. This
same experience seems common
among other patrons. Want to hear
from others on this.
AN OLD TIMES READER.
Editor Times-I have been read
ing about the many people suffer-
ing for food and clothes. There
isn't any excuse for this in such a
rich country as the United States.
Some of these big eggs that
are holding up work should be put
on ball-and-chairl gang without
food for a while and maybe they
would wake up.
The President has forgotten all
the big line of chin music he spread
in 1928, telling the poor people
what he was going to do to help
them He fed them white sand
and sawdust during the war, then
they put him in Office.
He should be working for SIS a
week, fifty hours, like my husband,
and let him see how much he can
have. We have four in our FAM
lily and hardly can make ends meet
by the time We pay our necessary
expenses, and that isn't counting
holidays and money for doctor bills
and clothes,
guess We are better of than
some. They tell you if you don't
like your wages, get out, and If a
man isn't working he is called
q red.
The Governor asked for a
So 1000 raise. Poor fellow, I don't
see how he lives on what he gets.
should think he would be ashamed
to ask for raise now, but I guess
some aren't ashamed Of anything.
He is getting about $4,000 too
much now and should have to
furnish his own home. OF course,
if he is wanting some more ash
trays, I have a couple I could loan
him until he could do better.
They are cutting wages for the
laboring class, but still they keep
taxes and everything else up to
wartime prices. They wonder why
there is so much crime. There is
bound to be more unless they open
up work and payt decent wages.
Some OF the so-called men in
Office should be made to suffer like
the poor. They aren't any better.
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AN-A<A AOOA Lands

nR. VOLIVA'S statement that the world is to come
- TO an end in 1885 is very Disappointing for we
had wished that this solid ball might last until we
mad made some disposition of Muscle Shoals.
This also means that ex-secretsry Fall will, in all
probability, escape serving his prison sentence
But this is no surprise, for if you get the right
criminal lawyer IN this country you tire out any
average planet.
AS the grand windup comes in 1885, we shall have
time for only one more national campaign and this
means that every member of the United States SEN
ate will be candidate for President.
LIVERY United States senator intends to run for
~ President some time, and 1882 will be the
last opportunity all Of them will throw their hats
into the ring, all of them except Couzens and Wagner
who are ineligible. having been born abroad.
You will observe that Governor Franklin Roose-
velt waited to defy Tammany until after he had
been elected last November.
It's very important to know when to defy.
Now that Kirkland has escaped the electric chair
and been sent up for life, it should mean life
This is one case that the Maudin Matties should
let severely alone.
1t doubtless was great disappointment to Har-
old Schroeder at indianapolis to learn from experts
that he is not insane.
MIR. THOMAS BINN Of Trenton, N j. has re-
1VA ceived divorce because his wife a back seat
driver. kicked him in the neck while he was at the
wheel.
Such thing is disconcerting, especially when one
is driving through traffic.
While leaving New York City for vacation in
California, Mayor Walker said he was glad to get
away from the Investigations of the city sdinistra-
ton.
Not very inspiring statement
Former Governor Al Smith may not take kindly
to the suggestion that he for mayor Of New York
City to clean things up but he's the very man
for the job.
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Following is the explanation of
Ripley's Believe It or Not which
appeared in Wednesdays Times:
The Largest Depot in Nevada
has no Railroad Tracks-Years ago
when Rhyolite, New, was a pros
porous town of 10000 i1ll1abit-
ants, this excellent station was
constructed to take care of the
railroad then under construction.
Because Of mining failures, the
city was abandoned, the railroad
never finished, and today Neva-
da's finest depot has no tracks.
Rhyolite now has population of
five people, one of whom lives in
the depot.
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The PIav Bow of Plntocracy

If any man ever has been pleasant surprise to
his enemies and a painful disappointment to his
friends. that gentleman is DR. Herbert Clark Hoover
In 1920 Hoover was overwhelmingly the peoples
candidate for President. II the conventions of 1920
had obeyed popular mandate. he could have been
nominated by reclamation by either the Republican
convention in Chicago or the Democratic convention
in San Francisco
But the putocrats, longing for normally and the
termination OF high tension Wilsonian idealiSm,
clamped the lid on the great humanitarian, who was
dyed deeply in popular imagination with wilsonian
passion for social justice
In 1924 he was not considered seriously The
popular legend had become little quiescent in four
years and the political and economic bosses were not
convinced yet OF the safety OF the sage Palo Alto
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lin 10 Roosevelt

KXTHAT mayor Walker thinks IS
wv of small consequence, except
as it indicates what he will do. and
what he will do is of small conse-
quence, except as it determines
what somebody else must do. Just
now that somebody else happens to
be Governor Franklin D. Roose-
welt.
Governor Roosevelt can not side
step the situation, but he has three
choices in meeting it, he can play
mule to the party machine, strike
out for himself and become a great
leader, or pussyfoot.
A great deal hinges on his choice.
1t lies within his power to rellabili-
tate the Democratic party along
national lines by spanking the Or
ganization which has come to mis-
represent it in New York City. Nor
is that all, since it lies within his
power to do something in behalf Of
clean government which even rack
eteers can understand.
Few men have faced bigger OPP
portunity to render the American
people real service.
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HEALTH SERVICE
Scientific Treatment Curbs Colds

the students. It was found that
special attention to those susceptible
to colds is an effective way of
modifying or ayerting epidemic5.
In other words. the prevention
and treatment of colds is given
special attention in the Is per cent
Of students who have colds most
frequently.
Each freshman on entering the
school is given full explanation as
to the Importance of controlling
ventilation, the Importance OF treat
ing the nose and throat secretions
as infective materials and not dis
seminating them about, and the i'm
portance of including in the daily
diet two to four glasses of milk, two
helpings of 1eafy or fiber vegetables,
two helpings of fruit and one or
two salads.
Students found to be easily sus-
ceptible to colds join a cold proven
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They have cut the poor mans
wages. Now let them start with
Hoover and come down through all
the offices, cutting their wages, and
then maybe they can understand
how hard 1t is for the poor man
to keep his family on a little next
to nothing. ". G.
Lebanon, Ind.
Editor Tfmes-I am writing you
to voice my sentiments regarding
the Arlene braves case.
The way they handle the law in
this case seems as though they have
no respect for the family the ill
fated girl left behind, as they are
going the limit to put the dark
clouds on the parents and brothers
and sisters.
I am afraid that if I were In the
fathers place I would have been
the one on trial now, as it seems
the courts want to keep degenerates
roaming this country as they please,
If they have money to pay off with.
It is a condition we should
change, and that soon, or the low
type Of folks finally will turn on
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In 1923 they we're scared into accepting him as

In 1923 they we're scared into accepting him as
a candidate because OF the shadow Of Al Smith
which doomed across the Kansas City auditorium.
They still dubious about his unrelentng devo-
ton to the god Of greed and profit But he was
the only white hope deemed capable of stenning
what was feared would be therpopular stampede to-
ward the Jolly warrior from the sidewalks of New
York.
Hoover was borne into the White House by a
great wave of popular trust in his legendary hui
manitaranism and his almost mythical capacity for
scientifically planned relief Of human misery on
vast scale.
Never the alarms OF enemies or the hopes
Of friends more conspicuously misplaced. With the
possible exception of Calvin the Frigid no occupant
Of our presidential Office has been more slpne and
willing servant Of predatory wealth
Hoover lacks even the war personal glow ard
human sympathy of the servile Mckinley His at
titude toward appointments to the power commission
his liberation of the dismissal of honest officials in
that department, his effort to sabotage the Boulder
dam act, his veto of the Muscle Shoals BILL his sup
port of the robber tariff his appointment of Yellow
Dog Parker to the supreme court his opposition to
antiinjncon legislation his appointment of the re-
dictionary Doak instead of liberal like Grace Abbott
to the post Of secretary of labor the absence of a.
single statesmanlke act to deal adequately with the
depression and his effort to prostitute child welfare
organization and practice to the furtherance Of his
political prospects ample proof of the complete
domination of Hoover by the plutocratic forces and
interests.
Not one single outstanding gesture of gratitude
toward the hopeful friends who swept him into Office
as a great humanitarian can be picked Up with a.
hne-toothed comb from his administrative record
AS the last straw comes the veto of the Wagner
unemployment bill Last year Hoover blocked two
OF Wagners bills and sabotaged the third This wear
he vetoed the very moderate and preliminary Wagner
bill, designed to launch the movement for really
effective system Of unemployment agencies
His reasons for the veto were so transpsrentlv
bankrupt and fatuous that they have been exposed
and condemned by such mild liberals as Mary
Van Kleek, Frances Perkins, John P Andrews and
Paul J. Kellogg
We do not expect DR.. Hoover to please William
q. Foster or even Norman Thomas, but it is pretty
bad when Mary Van Kleek for example can poke
holes in his argument and brand him a visionless
reactionsry.
1t the plutocratS still dstrust the great relief en-
gineer then they deserve something worse than the
tate OF the Republicans in Philadelphia in 1900 when
they picked Theodore Roosevelt for Vce-President
Ii the common people swarm to the polls in the
autumn Of 1882 to keep Hoover safely ensconced in
the charming residence on PENNSYLVANIA avenue for
another four years then foreclosure poverty hunger
cold and death will be far too good for them Even
dying after the manner of flies will be bevond
their deserts.
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ton class in which they receive q
fifteen minutes ultra violet light
treatment once each week, and a
teaspoonful of baking soda and
magnesium carbonate mixed in a
glass of water twice a day for three
days whenever they feel a cold de-
veloping.
A careful study of the nose,
throat and sinus is made by a COM
petent physician to make sure that
there is no chronic infection.
They are instructed concerning
the danger Of exposure and import
ance of use of proper clothing.
The results of those who have
followed this routine as compared
with those who have not indicated
to the authors that epidemics of
colds could be controlled, if all those
who are susceptible to colds would
cooperate in making effective the
methods that have been described.
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0xyg6n Discovered

I EFT us leave the seventeenth
e. century with Newton and pro-
coed to the eighteenth.
1774: Joseph Priestley. noncon-
formist minister, whose hobby was
chemistry, discovered oxygen and
paved the way for development of
the true explanation of combustion
by Anton Lavoister, the Frenchman.
whose head later was cut off by or
der of the revolutionary tribunal.
1881: Sir William Herschel, Or
ganist and amateur astronomer, dis
covered the planet Uranus, the first
time in history that the number of
planets know to the ancients was
augmented.
1875: James Hutton, the Scotch
man, laid the foundation of mod
ern geology with his dictum that the
past history of the earth must be
explained in terms Of the forces
which now can be observed at work
in the earth.
1903: James Dalton, Quaker
schoolmaster of Manchester Eng
land, established the modern atomic
theory, which holds that the chem
zeal elements are composed of mi
mute particles known as atoms.
1914: Joseph F7raunhofer, the in
strument-maker of Munich. discov-
cred the dark lines in the spectrum
of the sun. Much Of our present.
day knowledge Of the universe dates
back to that discovery, for out of
it grew the science of spectroscopy
and astroptysics, which tell us what
goes on within the interior Of the
distant star and the tiny atom.
1881: Michael Faraday discovered
the phenomena Of electro magnetic
induction, upon which the modern
science Of electricity and the mod
ern science Of electrical engineering
ar CHASED.
We have come to the end of our
days space and so the remainder
Of our dates must wait until to-
borrow.
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Questions and
Answers

Is it more economical to switch
off electric lights for a few mo-
m ats if they are not needed, or
is il more economical to leave
them on?
It is more economical to switch
them off, even if only for a few
minutes, but for switch-controued
electrical machinery, such as mo-
tors, that consume a relatively
large amount Of current in attain
ing maximum speed and efficiency,
it is cheaper to let them run for
short periods while not In use.
What is a tabloid newspaper?
In the size Of its pages, it is
approximately half the size Of an
ordinary newspaper. Another fea-
ture of the tabloid is the brevity
of its news stories and advertise
ments as compared with the regular
sized paper.
Who were chosen by H. G. Wells
as the six greatest men who have
ever lived?
Jesus Christ, Buddha, Aristotle
Asoka. Roger Bacon and Abraham
Lincoln.